Happy Tanka
happy Meadow Lark
filled my days with melody
in Dakota youth
were I to travel back there
would he be singing for me
happy was my lot
in my North Dakota land
worry and care free
as the melodious bird
was he the reason I thrived
could I find my way
in the land of my childhood
back to thrills and trills
would I be sad if my bird
had forgotten how to sing
Copyright © Joyce Johnson | Year Posted 2014
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