Country Colored Memories
It is the blank pages
The Lost Children’s stages
Days of laughter
That filled my rafters
It hit my brain
That is my sad refrain
What was missing
My constant wishing
The sounds of giggles
The playing and wiggles
Sweet smiling faces
No stressful traces
So deathly quiet
I miss the riots
Those days have now gone
No more happy songs
Old age moves along…
Unsettling newsFrustration brewsCausing the blues As things around me disruptI will hoist myself up I Climb back on the horseShake off all remorseLook straight ahead and follow the course I’ll take the best trailIt never has failedA little while longer...
Front porch rockers screechNature is around you to teach You got out of bed todayDetermine in your head to stay Someone is worse off than youTry putting your feet in their shoes Each day carries its own struggleKeep moving ahead;...
An acrid smellPermeates the air He stands errectas the wind whips his hair On the tongue, a taste of saltThe clouds in the sky nowa stormy cobalt A massive stormy event aheadDistance and size unsure,you experience dread A tear in...
Fire on the hillsideYour beautiful I must confide Your not the kind of fire that burnsWhen I look upon you my heart yearns When I see your blazing sightReddish gold embers burning bright I’m so thankful I got to seeThe...