Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Cousin Butch

Cousin Butch was younger than me

About a year and I liked him.

As kids he would climb any tree,

And it was more than just a whim.

Butch loved Jesus in a deep way,

And to me it never seemed odd

Lots about Jesus Butch would say,

Being saved by the Son of God.

I recall asking Butch one time

Why he liked to climb trees a lot.

The higher in the tree he'd climb,

The closer to Jesus, Butch got.

In Vietnam cousin Butch died.

In heaven he's at Jesus' side.