Reverend Robert Leete Livingston 2

*White Rose* 9" H X 12" W Oil On Canvas

My
Father,
Born
This
Day
A
Century
Away.
Tall,
Ernest,
Cheerful
Despite
All,
He
Answered
The
Call
Of
The
Church,
And
In
The
Lurch
Of
Life
And
Unimaginable
Strife,
His
Brief
Life
Dwindled
And
Was
Done,
Amen.
Since
Then,
I Fill
In
The
Time
I Never
Knew,
His
Boyhood,
Happy
On
His
Father’s
Land,
The
Bluegrass
Of
Kentucky
Close
At
Hand,
His
Brothers
Near.
The
Cherished
Memory
Of
Him
Painfully
Dear,
I Can
Almost
Hear
His
Laughter
As
I Miss
Him
Forever
After.