HomeMy WebLinkAboutmemorial efvc_0007I STOPPED TO PICK UP A FRIEND TODAY
I STOPPED TO PICK UP A FRIEND TODAY
FROM THE ROCK AND ASPHALT UPON WHICH HE LAY
NO TIME TO TALK OF EVENTS OF THE DAY
AS AMIDST LIGHTS AND SIREN HE WAS WHISKED AWAY
1 STOPPED TO PICK UP A FRIEND TODAY
WITH OTHERS, IN TEARS,WE CIRCLED -TO TALK- AND TO PRAY
WE SPOKE OF EVENTS OF THIS DREADFUL DAY
AWARE THIS JOB WAS FAR FROM PLAY
1 STOPPED TO PICK UP A FRIEND TODAY
TO VISIT ANOTHER -IN A PLACE WHERE HE LAY
THE EYES OF HIS HONOR GUARD SEEMED TO SAY -
IF HE COULD ONLY BE WITH US -JUST ONE MORE DAY
1 STOPPED TO PICK UP A FRIEND TODAY
BY CARAVAN WE WENT- TO A PLACE WHERE THEY PRAY
AMONGST SONG AND PRAYER THERE WAS NOT ONE TO SAY
OUR FRIEND DESERVED THIS HAND HE WAS ASKED TO PLAY
1 STOPPED TO PICK UP A FRIEND TODAY
TO A WOODED PLACE WE WENT, WHERE HE WOULD FOREVER STAY
IT WAS QUIET, PEACEFUL, AND SEEMED TO SAY
IT WAS HERE THE WINDS WITH FALLEN LEAVES DID PLAY
I HAVE BUT ONE MORE THING TO SAY
AND THAT MY FRIEND -ALAS 1 PRAY
IF YOU STOP TO PICK UP A FRIEND TODAY
TELL THEM YOU LOVE THEM- BEFORE YOU TURN AWAY
LEST FOR ONE OF YOU IT BE YOUR FINAL DAY!
LAS
(written shortly after the death and burrial of Gregory Kirchgessner!)