The Long, Lonesome Road
Taken from the Anthology ‘Heartfelt Baring All’
© Teresa Joseph Franklin
It’s
been long and tough
Lonesome
and rough
The
trail so bleak
Lonely
all by myself
Nothing
but my faithful friend
The
wide open spaces, the spanses
You
could see for miles and miles
Some
days blissfully peaceful
Other
days resentful
The
blistering heat
The
freezing cold
The
north winds do blow
So
surely so
Desolated,
isolated
That
nothing grows
The
rivers and streams flow
Wherever
they need to go
Our
heads tucked low
We
have such a way to go
The
saddle is hard, we are so tired
We
need a break; a homestead is not far ahead
Our
reflections reflecting upon the rivers head
Oh
don’t we look a pair?
Shattered,
matted, fatigued
Let’s
get going my friend
©
Teresa Joseph Franklin
6th
April 2013
All
Rights Reserved
No comments:
Post a Comment