Tag: life
Wakenda Creek
My dear friend
Among your magnificent oaks
Your ghostly willows
Your towering maples
I honed my youthful imagination
I fought countless WWII battles
Hunted for elephants in the depths of Africa
With Frodo and Sam we searched
Through hollow logs for Elves and Orcs
As Captain Blackbeard
I pirated your waters for golden booty
I fished and hunted
Along your muddy banks
As I grew older
You exposed me to different fantasies
Secluded amid a cottonwood grove
Surrounded by fields of tall corn
And sweet smelling alfalfa
A wide-open night sky
With countless stars and a full summer moon
Gave me my first glimpse of heaven
I thank you for the many memories
The Trailer on the Corner
He passed around his bottle again
For any who entered he called friend
Never a stranger there in the house
Of that joyful man and gentle spouse
People with no names were welcome there
Warm yourself, eat and let your head clear
Move on down the road a better man
Faith renewed that there’s a greater plan
Gone twenty minutes or twenty years
He’d still welcome you home without fear
Share a hug…story…a shot of wine
He was not just a man, but friend for all time
Jerry Brotherton 