A young boy, 7, and his sister, 10 Drowned today...so sad At a time when young folks memories should be the best they ever had On a sunny summers day Swimming out to far from shore They are the newest of the lost So far this summer, there's been 4 The lake is known as Erie Known for not giving up it's dead It's a small lake but decieving It's a lake that sailors dread An older sister was their lifeline No lifeguards on this beach One was dead while in the water The other, almost out of reach No graduation for these children Weddings none, and children too In Erie's depths their lifeforce lingers The lake don't care a lick for you the sand bar goes out quite a distance Dropping off, it's cold and dark The current there will **** you under Like a shark attack without a mark The next day the beach is open Still no lifegurard on the shore What will it take to have them down there You have to ask, how many more? Two souls were lost in Erie A young boy 7, his sister , 10 A family torn asunder This must not happen, not again
Dedicated to the memory of David and Lisa Harder who drowned in Lake Erie, off Port Burwell Beach July 2012.