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"Spirit" -- Frank Casimiro © -- All rights reserved 1999

Unlit logs of fire fell
A week earlier than supposed to
Eleven lay lifeless in the stack
Twenty-eight others are rescued

For ninety years now a tradition
A bonfire of burning spirit
Those on the outside don't understand
And those on the inside live it

As a kid I remember seeing them march
So many people, so unified
I watched as they threw torches onto the heap
From my father's shoulders, I stared mesmerized

I may have been young but I understood
Just what it meant to all of them
It was much more than a game of sport
Life, spirit and honor is what they wanted to win

A memory now is all we may have
That keeps loved ones alive inside
If we let that memory fade in time
That's when we let their spirit die

So in the memory of those that gave their lives
For the school and it's great tradition
Let their flames burn each and every year
Extinguish their spirit under no condition

Paths | Two | Fervor
Brightened Star | Dreams
Continuance in Ending | Simple Fact
My Best | Tattered Sails | Friends
Spirit | Love | Senses | Brianna
No Faith | Touch Me | For You
No Sequels | Hey There Girl | Love Line