Country Colored Memories
It’s the words not spoken out loud
lingering in the air like a dark cloud
It seems silence is deafening
waiting for, peace to bring
It is like a train stopped on a track
it will only go forward or back
there is no in-between
at least none that I’ve seen
Everything changes with time
like green tomatoes turning ripe on the vine
Someday hearts broken will mend
maybe strong beats it will send
It will happen when the timing is right
if you willingly put up a good fight
life is only happy when you have something to loveI think we were made that way by our God above Money is temporary a fleeting value for gathering thingsIt can never bring happiness to the heart unseen When you have...
My mother always handledHer problems as they landed Folded hands in her lap with her apron tied aroundA crescendo of voices, still she never uttered a sound I would catch a glimpse of herdeep in thought While her children squabbled...
Sitting by a warm and cozy crackling fire staring at flames of yellow and red as they dance higher embers falling and ashes stacking little sparks seem to be continually cracking the visions it stirs up in my mind are...
Our Daddy went out to buy milk one dayNever to return, he left and went away Those were the words uttered by a young girlThat’s all she remembered about her broken world The boy had asked the question why do...