“March 26th”

March 26th

Is a day of birth.

A new poet is given to the Earth.

At the edge of dawn,

The last Frost[1] has gone,

Spring is on its way.

March 26th

Is a day of death.

A drummer[2] takes his last breath,

Without a wife or scion.

In like a lion,

Out like a lamb.

March 26th

Is a day of change.

Crowns[3] are given and rearranged.

Never forget those at rest,

Who died for us and are blessed,

At the nation's capitol[4].

March 26th

Is a day of reflection.

A product of natural selection.

I wouldn't be what I am now,

An answer to my parent's vow,

On this day I completed a family.

March 26th

Is just another day.

People are born, people decay,

All move with this giant sphere,

85 days have gone in the year,

280 days to go.

[1]  Robert Frost, an American poet, died on March 26, 1874.

[2]  Randy Castillo, drummer for Motley Crue, died on March 26, 2002.

[3] Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor on March 26, 1026.

[4] A ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held at Washington, D.C. on March 26, 1982.