Wilford's Dream Poem by Kim Barney

Young Wilford had a special dream
when he was just eleven;
he had a view of many souls
as they were nearing heaven.

A great gulf stood where all must pass
and drop their worldly gains.
This was no easy task for most;
their faces showed their pains.

Among those many souls appeared
a very aged man
whose face showed agony and grief
while gazing o'er the span.

At last his heavy sack he dropped,
then forward on he trod,
his shoulders slumped, his eyes downcast
as he approached his God.

A few years later, Wilford moved
into another town
with father and his stepmother
(who never wore a frown) .

There on the street, young Wilford saw
that old man from his dream!
He recognized the man at once;
how strange it all did seem!

When that same man was dead and gone
and silent as a mouse,
they found a fortune buried there
right in the old man's house!