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The Box

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ON THE TOP SHELF

IN THE CLOSET

IN THE WORKSHOP

WHERE HE SPENT HIS

EXTRA TIME

WAS A DUSTY

WOODEN BOX

THAT I HAD NEVER

NOTICED

TILL THAT NIGHT

THEN WE SAT IT ON

THE TABLE

CAREFULLY

WE OPENED UP THE TOP

AND STARED INTO

THE MEMORIES

DADDY KEPT INSIDE

THE BOX

THERE WAS A LETTER

FROM MAMA

WHEN SHE WENT OUT

TO RENO

TO HELP HER SISTER OUT

IN SIXTY- TWO

AND A FLOWER

FROM HAWAII

WHERE THEY WENT ON

VACATION

WAS THE FIRST TIME

THAT MY DADDY

EVER FLEW

AND THE POCKET KNIFE

I GAVE

TO HIM ON FATHER'S DAY

YEARS AGO

I THOUGHT IT

HAD BEEN LOST

WE ALL THOUGHT

HIS HEART WAS MADE

OF SOLID ROCK

BUT THAT WAS

LONG BEFORE

WE FOUND THE BOX

I GUESS WE ALWAYS

KNEW IT

BUT I LOVE YOU

WAS HARD

FOR HIM TO SAY

SOME MEN

SHOW IT EASILY

SOME JUST NEVER SEEM

TO FIND A WAY

BUT THAT NIGHT

I BEGAN TO SEE

A SOFTER SIDE

OF SOMEONE

I HAD LOST

I SAW THE LOVE

HE KEPT INSIDE

THE FIRST TIME

WHEN WE OPENED UP

THE BOX

THERE WAS A PICTURE

THAT WAS TAKEN

WHEN HE AND MOM

WERE DATIN'

STANDIN' BY HIS

1940 FORD

AND A FADED

LEATHER BIBLE

HE GOT WHEN HE WAS

BAPTIZED

I GUESS NO ONE

UNDERSTOOD HIM

LIKE THE LORD

AND THE POEM

HE HAD WRITTEN

ABOUT HIS WIFE

AND CHILDREN

THE TENDER WORDS

HE WROTE WERE

QUITE A SHOCK

WE ALL THOUGHT

HIS HEART WAS MADE

OF SOLID ROCK

BUT THAT WAS LONG

BEFORE WE FOUND

THE BOX

WE ALL THOUGHT

HIS HEART WAS MADE

OF SOLID ROCK

BUT THAT WAS LONG

BEFORE WE FOUND

THE BOX

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