Sequel (Wayne Taylor, Bonavista)<br /> <br /> Old Uncle Abraham died in fifty-three<br /> he lived alone, and he was ninety-four<br /> In on the hill amid the spruce and fir<br /> he was laid to his rest along this shore<br /> The local congregation all came by<br /> no visitor or message from away<br /> For Uncle Abraham had no other one<br /> his younger brother moved away and stayed<br /> <br /> His younger brother left long years ago<br /> and to the Boston states he made his way<br /> He never made a contact once he left<br /> No visits or no letters were conveyed<br /> Though memories of old Abraham remained<br /> there in the cove, the old home-place decayed<br /> There was no one to claim, no one to care <br /> and years and decades drifted down the way<br /> <br /> With time the old homestead was overgrown<br /> within a grove of full-size aspen trees<br /> And in the centre place there was the sign<br /> of where the house foundations used to be<br /> The old house had long years ago fell in<br /> and rotted boards still littered on the ground<br /> The foundation stones that once defined the house<br /> still stood although some were all scattered 'round <br /> <br /> The visitor came in a rented car<br /> into the cove one sunny, summer's day<br /> It was apparent to those who observed<br /> he was a one who came here from away<br /> It sure seemed like he knew his way around<br /> though just a summer traveller to the cove<br /> He looked at the foundations of the house<br /> that still could be seen in the aspen grove<br /> <br /> For in the clearing one could clearly see<br /> the rotted remnants of a house and store<br /> A rock foundation made with square edged stones<br /> where uncle Abraham lived those years before<br /> But someone from away would not have known<br /> that such a place one time existed there<br /> And if they never asked about such things<br /> how could one even know and be aware<br /> His brother when he reached to twenty years<br /> left for the Boston states in eighty-five<br /> To seek a better life from in the cove<br /> where fishing gave enough just to survive<br /> There he found work and in the course of time<br /> he prospered and forgot about the cove<br /> He married and raised his family<br /> far from the cove and from the salty sea<br /> <br /> Though in his older years he often thought<br /> about the cove, and all the time long gone<br /> He told them all about from whence he came<br /> before the time when he came up-along<br /> His sons in turn told their sons of the place<br /> where Josiah had come from those years ago<br /> Josiah's grandson now in aging years<br /> thought that this place was somewhere he should go<br /> <br /> He took a flight to Newfoundland and then <br /> he drove for seven hours to the bay<br /> And sought the cove from where Josiah came<br /> and where his father had refused to stay<br /> He found where his grandfather had spent life<br /> and Uncle Abraham though both were unknown<br /> He visited in on the hill where trees<br /> had most of the white marble overgrown<br /> <br /> As twilight came and evening shadows fell<br /> he got into the car and drove away<br /> Content that he had seen what he had seen<br /> and knew there was no point for him to stay<br /> But now he knew from where life had been given<br /> and seen the spot of ground from whence he came<br /> He felt that now his life was more complete<br /> to see from whence had come the family name<br />   Submitted By: wayne taylor