Definately sounds like a Redneck Christmas!
Hope you don't mind me posting this but, you see, my father died on Christmas day in 1980. He was young (57) and had a massive heart attack. I think of him every day and miss him so! I wrote this poem right after he passed away. Maybe some young people will take note!
"To my father Vernon Harold Lange 1980"
A Field of Stones
They lay my father to rest today
Among a field of stones
Asleep in the cold lining of death
Beneath the hallowed ground
As I stood beside his lifeless form
Tears of sadness streamed down my face
The overwhelming burden of his loss
Almost more than I could bear.
I remember him as he was in life
A kind and gentle man
With always a smile for all he met
Always willing to lend a helping hand
I remember too the night before
With family all gathered 'round
And I can't forget, it haunts me still
The strange look that was in his eyes
Oh, but if I could have just one more day
I'd take him in my arms and tell him of my love
Say all the little things I seem to have forgot to say
Dear God in Heaven I pray to you
Please let there be more
Than a shallow grave and an empty death
Beneath this field of Stones
Mel Lange
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