Wednesday, March 10, 2010

ode to erik, by dad

HE LIVED IN A NICE HOUSE
HAD FAMILY BY THE SCORE
HE WAS IN HIS INDUSTRY
A CAPTAIN WHO GAVE MORE

O, WHAT A LUCKY MAN HE WAS
INDEED, WHAT A LUCKY MAN HE WAS

HE WORKED FOR HIS FAMILY
WAS ALWAYS FOR THEM, THERE
HE ANSWERED THEIR FAIR NEEDS
WITH SMILE AND LOVING CARE

O, WHAT A LUCKY MAN HE WAS
INDEED, WHAT A LUCKY MAN HE WAS

HIS FRIENDS, THEY DID LOVE HIM
FOR HIS LOYALTY AND WIT
HIS MOVEMENTS AMONGST THEM
GAVE MEMORIES OF GOOD FIT

O, WHAT A LUCKY MAN HE WAS
INDEED, WHAT A LUCKY MAN HE WAS

AS LIFE MOVED ON WITH HIM
HIS BLESSINGS DID HE COUNT
THE FUTURE, IT DID LOVE HIM
BUT FATE IT WAS IN DOUBT

O, WHAT A LUCKY MAN HE WAS
INDEED, WHAT A LUCKY MAN HE WAS


THE MIRACLE AS HE NAMED IT
CAME TO HIM WITHOUT WAIT
ALL SCIENCE IN THE WORLD
COULD NOT UNDO HIS FATE

O, WHAT A LUCKY MAN HE WAS
INDEED, WHAT A LUCKY MAN HE WAS

SO WITH GRACE AND SUCH COURAGE
DID THIS LAD THEN ABIDE
‘TILL ONE DAY DID HE SMILE
LAID HIS HEAD DOWN AND DIED

BUT O, WHAT A LUCKY MAN HE WAS
INDEED, WHAT A LUCKY MAN HE WAS

2 comments:

HKramer said...

I was just thinking about Erik today and thought I would stop in for a quick look. I must not have been the only one with E on my mind:)

Clark County Farmerette said...

Just discovered today through a facebook entry from a bghs alumni Erik had passed in 2008. Stage III days at our high school and his antics with Eugene with their "german" communications always makes me laugh when I think about those days. I remember him and Eugene Holyk nonchalantly featuring themselves as center stage in the senior lounge. Too funny! I also remember his boldness and braveness with his sense of humor at a time in one's life where all us teens were searching for our own identities. Blessings to his family and loved ones albeit later from me, still just as heartfelt. Like Erik, let's live our lives to the fullest as we don't know when it will be our turn to shine on the other side.
Thank you friend, for doing this site in Erik's honor. Sincerely, Brenda Millar