Country Colored Memories
My mom bought a new dolly for me
but she won’t dance upon my knee
she only sits upon my bed
all day long she stares ahead
I asked my mama for a baby that cries
she just looked at me and sighed
when my mom came home with a real baby
she wouldn’t let me bounce her on my knee
now all the new baby does is cry
and I can never figure out why
So I picked up the dolly that mom gave me
Because I like her better than the new baby
Sitting and fishing from the dock Puts a memory in my head it’s easy to unlock A walk through life causes me to think That I would like to revisit those days when I would sink A weighted line with...
The little girl was displacedRegarded as trash, a scorned race The Indian Removal ActAn ugly governmental fact Their ancestral homelandThe government banned West of the Mississippi River, they wentTo the designated area now sent Exposure, disease, and starvation along the...
The Winds of Time When the wind picks up It stirs up all the dust Things scatter all about Too many things to even count Nothing stays in its place As if it’s all been erased Time is the same...
American Robins pair-bond during the breeding seasonFemales are primarily responsible for building the nest who knows the reason She starts by building the nest that is made of twigs, mud, and dry grass leavesSometimes the nest will have string or...
