MAY SHE RULE FOREVER

 

                                          Winona Texas Grade School Ruins

MAY SHE RULE FOREVER

by Billy Gilbreath

 Passing by that old building, now abandoned, burned

The structure of halls through which many have passed

The vestibule near the entrance where gatherings occurred

That auditorium often filled with music, plays and guest

Punch and Judy the annual performance of a puppet show

The first time I can remember a presentation of the gospel

My non-Oscar senior performance of “Home Came Hattie”

Where I played the part of Bill Bluett, the local sheriff

To the rear of the building was the rock structure gym

Built in the 1930 during the depression years by the WPA

The labor and enjoyment of many, unfortunately a memory

Looking inside the rambles, bent hanging iron

Plants growing abundantly throughout the ruined structure

Recognizing, rabbit mullein, cedar tree growing stately

The saplings reaching above the height of the basketball goal

There growing clump of daisies struggling for water

Sprigs of grass and other vegetation struggling to survive

Passing through the old cafeteria was the smell of lunch

Down the long hall of the elementary, only the arch remained

That other hall to the North, high school, offices and library.

Leaving the area with events to remember, was sad

Thinking back comes to mind some of the tributes present

Remembering the old rock gym and the shiny wooden floors

There stood the famous coach Gilly, the tall cedar, 

The saplings are the many athletes who performed

Reaching to the basketball goal as the slender saplings

The architect of the old rock gym with its perfect placing

Reminds me of the unity and appreciation which existed

Only the daisy could remind me of Rama, the encourager

Rabbit mullein so hardy as those who passed the halls

Struggling sprigs of grass those who survived the challenge

Bent hanging iron from the foundation of the building 

A lesson to those who may have passed these halls

A tribute to those who gave us our beginning of knowledge.

The old school song, May She Rule Forever, remembered 

Even in the sadly destroyed structured now abandoned

Quotes, often used, “Things never remain the same”, so true

Only, “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever.”

                                 Hebrews 13:8

By: Billy Gilbreath      Dec. 7, 2019   

For Mil's Place:  8/22/20