Parked In Time
By: Felix L. Perry
They sit there where he left them
Killing time, gathering equity in rust
Province took his driver’s licence
Said his driving, they couldn’t trust
The government took his farm land
For unpaid taxes too far in arrears
His kids saved the family homestead
His grandfather built back many years
The good Lord took wife from him
Cried his last tears in the winter 1989
His kids drop by to visit now and then
Smiles and tells them everything is fine
Life has taken the best he had to offer
Giving him the best of smile and tear
Like his old car and the tractor, he knows
This will be his final year…
Rebecca
I must say, that this one is a real tearjerker.
Ron