IT WAS A RAINBOW COLORED DAY
THAT WARM MAY AFTERNOON
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS IN STORE
A TRIP TO THE AMUSEMENT PARK
OR SOMETHING EVEN MORE
VISITING WITH FRIENDS
MAKING THE DAY FULL OF FUN
THEN A SHOT RANG OUT
A SHOT FROM A GUN
HE WAS STANDING THERE
NOT FEELING MUCH AT FIRST
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
THE BLOOD CAME OUT
WITH A BURST
HIS FRIENDS WERE QUITE SCARED
WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS SO UNREAL
THEY ALL DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT WAS GOOING TO UNFOLD THERE
THE FIRE DEPARMENT WAS CALLED
AS HE LAID AGAINST THE WALL
BLEEDING OUT OF HIS CHEST
THE BEGINNING OF HIS QUEST
THE PARAMEDIC CAME
A MAN HIS MOTHER KNEW
ONE OF MANY PEOPLE
THAT WOULD
SEE HIM THROUGH
EVERYONE THOUGHT
HE WOULD BE GONE
BUT HE HAD THE WILL
TO CARRY ON
HE RALLIED THREE TIMES
ON THE OPERATING TABLE
TRAVELED TO PARADISE
AND THEN RETURNED
TO TELL OF HIS ADVENTURE
AND TO LIVE SOME MORE
HE WROTE ABOUT HIS LIFE
HE LIVED IT WITH PAIN BUT JOY
GIVING OF HIMSELF
FOR THE WORLD TO ENJOY
HE LIVED FOR ALMOST A QUARTER
OF A CENTURY MORE
WITH MANY ADVENTURES
FOR HIM TO EXPLORE
YOU COULD SAY HE HAD
A SHOT AT LIFE
NO ONE COULD EVER IGNORE
'
About the Creator
Joye C Lange
I AM SEVENTY -ONE YEARS OLD, AND LIVE IN OHIO. MY LIFE EXPERIENCES GIVE ME
GREAT JOY TO EXPRESS MYSELF IN PROSE. IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES WRITING IS
AN INSTRUMENT OF EXPRESSION THAT HELPS HUMANITY.
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