Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Down on the farm!

Down on the farm!

 

God so loved the world that He gave us precious life

Like ole Adam and Eve He made husband and wife

 

Century-eons brought us to this Intelligent diameter

Sacred ancestors mentored progeny within a parameter

 

Lucky!” We are in the inherited collective result

Challenge us do what they did might be an insult

 

Intrepid! These early 20th century “modern” pioneers

A tough life of “dangers, toils and snares” real-fears

 

An Infant-mortality curse just as common as not

To hedge the odds they procured a large family lot

 

Self-sufficient! Soft-spoken! “Know-how!” Proud! & Brave!

Celebrated the Independent-Individual! Knew how to save

 

Education beyond 8th-grade a real accomplishment

One-room schools! Discipline-rules! Admonishment!

 

Young man rented a farm, worked dawn ’til dusk

Took a wife! Swore an oath! “In God I trust!

 

A river bottom farm with land flat and rich “black”

Hard-work! Long-days! Life! & Love! Absent-slack

 

Comes reward sacred children might lessen the burden

But---needed food…”Free” labor! Stock herdin”

 

Love! In some end is really all that can ever matter

Wise?-Choices! To each! The Whisper-wind scatters

 

Born to a history and then provide thy story text

Celebrate Glory! Attitude! Or choose to be vexed

 

Spread Joy! Smile! Do-Good! Christian-generous care!

Love thy halo! One day? Hope that I’ll also be there!

 

A Whisper-wind dawned Life & Love newly bold

If anything I ever had---save Peace!…it was cold-sold

 

Amen! 

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