"Jeremiah"
"THE THINGS THAT MAKE US HAPPY...
DON'T COST A DIME."
Didja' ever think about it?
Most things that make us happy
don't cost a dime.
It's true.
Up early, and I sit on my nice
wood deck, with
My sweet, gentle, loyal lady...
Ever-by-my-side lo these
many years
And we're sipping hot coffee,
breathing clean, fresh
air, 'an just relaxing...
sharing the gift
of time
The bright sun in the blue sky,
lighting the world and
warming us costs us
nothing
The big beautiful white clouds are
beginning to billow up, as
the morning warms
We can almost feel the sun's energy
creeping into our bones
A fish jumps in our pond!
Have we got a trout?
Birds are singing, in the trees
and an old raven is
soaring about
A turtle is creeping across our
green lawn, and he is in
no hurry
Old Jeremiah, our beloved frog
out in the pond, thinks
he's a preacher...and is at it
again with the bored fish
You can hear a lonesome tractor
motor, somewhere far off
in the distance
Wild turkeys are pecking around over
by the trees...little ones tagging
along...and not paying us
any attention
My garden is looking good, especially in
this cool morning air...need to
put a little water on our
artichokes, I reckon
A coupla' rabbits are hopping around,
trying to figure a way to get thru
the fence into our green beans
That corn doesn't look like much now
but just wait a month...and butter
will be drippin' off a roasting ear
Tempted to back out my '42 Mustang,
my onliest expense...and listen
to that throaty motor,
a' revving
A famous poet once said: "God's in His heaven..."
and somebody else said "the Man upstairs..."
Why God is enveloping us all, everyday,
and empowering us...
He's right here.
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A POEM FOR AN OLD FARMER
By Mil
June 6, 2016
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