A Lovely Little Daydream

I'm drifting along in a boat In the shade of bald cypress trees They're covered in gray Spanish moss Hanging down to their cypress knees With the swipe of a catfish tail As he lunges to grab a snack His splash breaks the afternoon silence Minnows flee from the hungry attack Turtles are sunning on an old fallen tree Bullfrogs croaking for rain The echoing cries of a lonely loon As he pauses between refrains At times escaping into nature When life gets too extreme I go back to the days of a country boy To a boat, on a creek, in a dream January 14 2017 by Daniel Turner