St. Mary's 7th Graders Pen Poem On The Fire

She was an old building
Her age was sixty-five
We remember her distinctly
so clear and so live

She was the strong hold of knowledge
She was the memories of many
the years of joy and laughter
and the years of sorrow if any

Yes, she stood her many years
through thick and through thin
we said good-bye with tears
as the walls burned within

I walked past her brick structure
so many times a day
and there she would be standing
ready to guide my way

So many of us took her for granted
as she helped us along
but one look at her in flames
we knew we had been wrong

She was the school my friends attended
When we were altogether
but since that awful day
All of this has ended.

Our beloved school lies in ruin
I guess it must be that way
It stood for sixty-five years
and fell in one short day.

by Peggy Hammond and Jeanne Gallagher

This poem was written by two 7th graders who attend St. Mary's. They are the daughters of Mrs. George Hammond and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Gallagher both of O'Neill.