Mirror
Depth, reflection perception
Retains the image for that moment
Grows along with me
No judgment, acceptance
Smiles, frowns
Knows the true me
Never shares my faults
Shows present, not past or future
My own picture album
From birth to the end
Shows health, sickness
Shock, who is that old person
Reflects the wall behind me
Pictures showing years of growth
Duplicate life on the other side
Childhood, early adulthood, middle and late
What has become of me
Image is fading
Mirror is cracking
Like Grandfathers clock
It is my time
Bruce Brockmann
2 / 1981 – 4 / 1981
Pass dorm eight
Enter an elevated hill
To the right is smooth slopes
Left over from the glacial debris
A path which circles back
From once it began
It is known as the Point
Upper St. Regis River
Ebbs and flows
Leaving gifts
Then takes it away
Each year Paul Smiths alumni
Come to the sanctuary
Making the annual trip
Of going to the Point
Fond memories of
Past college days
On top of the hill
A plaque inserted
In a boulder written
Bruce Brockmann
2 / 1981 – 4 / 1981
Deep in the ground below
His heart is buried
Gaudian of the Point
Watches over all who come
To protect or survey the area
Bruce Brockmann
Is quite content
Sitting on the boulder
Watching the water flow
Students and visitors
Come and go
On a foggy day
You may see
A figure in the
Clouds touching the ground
Beckoning you
To share a peaceful moment
Do you get the point
Remember
Chief Richard C. Frost
11/18/1958 - 3/31/2024
As chief of Richmond Volunteer
Fire Department
Not an easy job
Dedicated his service for
Many years
Must answer to the board
Meetings, applying for grants
Dealing with volunteers
That cannot be fired
When calls come in
At any hour
Volunteers come pouring in
Puttin out fires
Checking gas leaks
False fire alarms
Car crashes
Runaway trees on the road
By his side the love
Of his life, Jan
Who shares his passion
And daughter Jess
Who grew up in the firehouse
A family event
Always be remembered
Wearing suspenders
To hold up his pants
At times his shirt
Rises up
Showing a crack
As he walks away
Hail to the chief
Hail to the chief
With the ringing of the bells
Nicely done. We still have a volunteer fire department in my home town and this captures it nicely
ReplyDeleteMary, I am not sure how you know my father but this is wonderful! Thank you for taking time to do this!
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