One Man’s Life and Thoughts
In Good Times and Bad -Volume 1
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SING ONE SONG FOR ME
Now it was just a simple casket made of pine and iron nails,
Without a trace of carving or any polished brass for rails.
It was assembled from a broken box splintered from abuse,
Yet it had a simple beauty despite the way it had been used.
It was placed before the altar on a stand of polished stone,
A simple casket made of pine for a loved ones fi nal home.
Only present there was silence not a choir was there to sing,
Not one voice to sing his praises not a single human being.
I cannot forget my sadness when they took the casket down,
And placed it in a six foot hole beneath the cold, cold ground.
Not one voice had sung his praises not a soul was there to see,
And I wondered at my passing who would sing a song for me.
Charles T. Johnson
9/20/96
“Sing One Song For Me” is a poem based on a song done by
the Stanley Brothers called “Who Will Sing For Me.” It has been
one of those songs that have always touched me deeply. I have
spent a great deal of time alone, and I can relate to one asking
if there will be anyone that will sing for me.
About the Author
I grew up in the copper mines of
Arizona and graduated from Arizona State University at Tempe,
Arizona. My degree is bachelor of science in electrical engineering.
My major job was director of world marketing for the Quartz Watch
Program for Motorola. I left the engineering field and went into the financial
newsletter business. Due to the return of polio in the form of postpolio
syndrome, I had to accept disability and retire. I did not have any
experience writing poetry. Then one night our next-door neighbor’s
son was killed in an accident. I lay in bed that night, and
for the first time in my life, a poem came to me. I got up and went
to my computer and, in twenty minutes, wrote “He’s My Son Too.”
With this, I started to write for several years until I ran out of any
new ideas. So I just stopped, and after several years, I was encouraged to
publish some of the 1,600 poems that I have written. I have gone through
many different problems that I have put into the poems I have
written. I hope that these poems are enjoyed each of you, some basics in life
that I had never recognized myself.