THERE'S A SILENCE AT WILD PEACH

"TALKING OAK" AT WILD PEACH

THERE'S A SILENCE AT WILD PEACH

The Little Boogers are gone...

Ah, but the memories remain

    Their spirits are still here...

         At this Happy Place.

If you close your eyes

      and listen...

You can hear them petting

      and feeding the calves...

           Hear the moos?

You can hear. them

      as they run and frolic

           with that 

      matchless gift of youth---

Fitness and energy!

You can hear their laughter

     and girlish screams

          carried all over

Wild Peach, by the fresh

     sea breezes...

"Where's Grandad?

"Can I mow?"

"Bet I can outrun you

      to the Red Barn!"

"Let me drive."

"I got a fish, I got a fish!"

"A BIG ONE!"

"Mine's bigger than yours!"

Ah, the Old Place

     is never

         quite the

             same

after...they're gone...

But...it is always BETTER,

      for

         their memories are

              everywhere

                   you look

                      or listen...

Why, I think I heard a "splash, splash" just now....

         down at the pond.

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MIL

7/19/15