Children for All Time

(c) 2003, David K.Nightengale

Ava, the beauty;
Mary, the teacher;
Carrie, the mischevious;
Karla, the adoring;
Donna, the chum;
And Michael, who bled spaghetti;
The army took
my friends away
A speeding car
took my brother's
Michael was with us
in Heidelberg
and again on Nicholson Road
But one eve he crossed
Forty-three
not making it
to the other side.

In memories
they remain
children for all time.