A Quiet Day in the Woods

I went to visit his grave

or what could pass for a grave anyway




His picture bolted a tree

on that hill he took us all to




His sanctuary he called it

His church




The place we all became men

or at least took a step 




It was quit

Just the birds and frogs singing their lovely songs




He loved those song

that and the chanting of men




Alpha! Beta! Gamma! Delta!

We believe the essential 




Never give up, he said

You can do anything, he said




He fought for glory 

He lived for honor




But he died

He died for love




Love of his life

And the way it should be spent




Love of his family

And the way things should have been




Love of this world

That he may never know again