Country Colored Memories
When happiness abides
What a shifting of tides
A new day begins
All the madness now ends
You look around, you’ll see
Now, every man is free
Abundant healthy food on display
Clean water and air, no toxic decay
Yes, when happiness finally arrives
All humans Forever now survive
The place where we always longed to feel
Safe and secure, we ask if this is real
Yes, a life where happiness abides
Because our great God is on our side
Some days you’ll dig way deep downInside your soul for courage found Simmering just below the surfaceYou keep it under control, it still emerges Maybe you should let it outLet it roar and let it shout The longer it’s left...
We always took turns sitting on our daddy’s lapafter he got home from work and he hung up his cap he would plop in his chair with crocheted doilies on the armshe was tired and thirsty but succumbed to his...
I’m looking at the flowers by the fieldspinning, spinning, trying not to yield The wind isBlowing, blowingThem away It seems like beauty always goes away I’m not sure why it makes me sad at allThe winds are bringing in a colorful...
The homesteaders’ prized possessionwas his Windmill on the plains Bringing water to his crops by handhad been his most significant pain With shifting winds, they worked so wellA water pump the Windmill was swell Watering the crops and animals, and...