Evidence of your loving heart <br />Springs awake <br />Touchstones of delicately <br />Translucent sunny yellows <br /> <br />Edge your ancient homestead <br />Dogwoods, peaches, crocus <br />Carefully heart-line a journey <br />Back to where your world once stood <br /> <br />Old roses now rabble upon a headstone <br />Your sweet little girl’s final resting place <br />A crumbled barn near-by <br />Where Ol’ Bossy was once stalled <br /> <br />Providing milk for the children <br />I can almost hear them <br />A lively bunch-singing out <br />…Tag your- it! <br /> <br />Fresh churned butter and home-baked bread <br />That sweet cream whipped up <br />Adorning Sunday’s special <br />Blackberry cobbler treats <br /> <br />And I wonder <br />What became of you and your dear family? <br />How did these old hills come to claim <br />Your songs sprinkled in sunny love? <br /> <br />(Back-road Sojourns, Tennessee—March 20,2007)<br /><br />Debora Short<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-heart-lined-journey-4/
