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TITLE: Something Went Wrong | Previous Challenge Entry
By Allen Stark
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Something went wrong
says the empty farm house
in the weed-choked yard,
at the end of the narrow
rutted road.
Something went wrong
says the worn boots
sitting beside the empty corn bin
in the leaky old barn.
Something went wrong
says the rags
forced into cracks of windows
and places plaster had been.
Something went wrong
says the abandoned sand box
made from a John Deere tire,
where lies a half-buried rubber toy cow.
Something went wrong
says the Bible,
in the unopened box,
lying on the dusty floor.
We don't always have an answer for everything, but sometimes what isn't said speaks louder than what people may be saying or conjecturing. The old saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” proved itself to be true, as my brother and I stood and surveyed the scene before us.
What legacy will you leave behind when you move on? Man is always building bridges of concrete, steel and wood only to be destroyed by weather and wars. The only bridges that are guaranteed to reach from the past to the present and on into the future are those made of paper. Paper is known to carry some of the heaviest loads mankind can conceive. That is why I spend so much time writing and building paper bridges.
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