...Bill passed on back in sixty-nine,
and I buried him on that same hill,
next to his friend Timlin Rivers,
beneath northern lights and the night’s chill.
And I know it won’t be all that long
until I too will be joining them,
the doc said two months, three at most
’till the cancer brings me to my end.
I wanted you to hear all this
so you can better understand
how it is you came to be ‘Bill,’
and why you father’s named 'Timlin.'
I know your wife’s expecting now
a child I won’t live to see,
but some day you must tell them this,
ought to know the family history.
Know how we carved out a living,
why we're settled out all this way,
all because that gruff, old trapper
took in a poor and starving brave.
Categories:
trapper, adventure, family, friendship, grandfather,
Form: Narrative
Sured my inclination
To goad trapper's ware
For I seek to be strung
By the trap that ensnares
If only to acquaint
With a pardoner's air
Thee whom unwittingly
Summoned my dare
Categories:
trapper, adventure, analogy, animal, anti
Form: Rhyme
Satan is very cunning
he tries to trap us at every turn
but his schemes I have become to learn
he tries to remind us of our past
but satans' lies can not last
he might try to trick or tempt us from day to day
but we have the power to tell him to go away
he might try to tell us that we are at fault
he might even try to bring us to an halt
satan thinks he is cleevr setting his little snares
but he has no scheeme, tricks or defence through our prayers
the Lord hears every word that we say
and he gives us the authority to send satan packing on his way Amen.
satan can trry to throw anything at us but he has no power through prayer
he has no anti prayer missile so fire them up and blast him out for good.
Categories:
trapper, faithprayer, power,
Form: Rhyme