Country Colored Memories
It was a hard winter she survived
Hoping, desiring for spring to arrive
She practiced while the wind was blowing
Pirouettes, basic but beautiful turns flowing
In her company of a sea of red sisters
Dancing, swaying, without any misters
Some stay standing below her bows
The dance of spring pulled off somehow
Mama, I will see you soon I think of you every June You left us in the summertime The details imprinted on my mind I remember the conversations exchanged siblings gathered around our voices strained Daddy’s head hung low on...
when you see ugly everywhere you look It’s time to change directions and open another book Find the source that comforts and soothes you Turn your eyes to the opposite view Put before your searching eyes Something you value and...
when I was a young girl, people caused me to cryAs I think back to my childhood, I’m not even sure why What I remember are those words my dad alwaysofferedHe would sit me in his lap, look into my...