Are we there yet? <br />Hush, Child! We've only gone five miles! <br />Are we there yet? <br />Hush, Child! We've only gone ten miles! <br />Are we there yet? <br />Hush, Child! We've only gone thirty miles! <br />ARE WE THERE YET? <br />HUSH, CHILD! WE'VE ONLY GONE..... <br /> <br />And so the day began, with an early start, <br />And two cranky, sleepy children. <br />But, at long last, and at great relief to our parents, <br />The park opened its gates to our wondering eyes! <br />Not a Disneyland wonderland, <br />No amusement park to behold... <br /> <br />But we were so relieved to be out of that car <br />And we could now see all those things <br />We read about in our Mississippi history books <br />Just the day before in school. <br /> <br />Our eyes grew rounder and rounder <br />As we saw those cannons, <br />Our heads filled with the sound of battle, <br />Our minds filled with the pain of those who died <br />Here at Bloody Creek, Shiloh Churchyard, <br />The Orchard, now so peaceful and calm. <br /> <br />Our hearts beat faster with excitement <br />As we heard the cannons roar, <br />We imagined the pain of being hit, <br />And fell on the sweet grass as we died. <br /> <br />We became Confederate soldiers, good and true, <br />For that one day's journey to the battlefield. <br />It wasn't hard for our childlike minds <br />To recreate the sound and smoke of the battles <br />In Shiloh's now silent churchyard, <br />Or to see that creek run red with blood. <br />All the men and boys who died there <br />Became real for that one day. <br /> <br />Linda Treat <br />March 3,2009 <br />Copyrighted<br /><br />Scarlett Treat<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/are-we-there-yet-5/
