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I'M Just An Orphan

I'm just an orphan. A transplant to this state. Basking in the sun light, sitting by a lake. There's people all around me but I know not one. It's active here now that bass season has begun.. I'm only one orphan on this bright spring day, captive to melodic birds as they chirp away.. I'm only one orphan befriended by an oak. It's sturdy branches shield me with their shady cloak. I'm just an old orphan but nature knows my name. She calms and she comforts as she brings me peace again.

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Daniel Turner

Date: 5/13/2023 2:16:00 PM

orphan or not, you have written a very nice poem, Nancy.

Nancy Kaufman
Date: 5/15/2023 4:35:00 AM

thank you Daniel. I appreciate your visit to my page today and am looking forward to more of your style. Nancy

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/7/2023 4:27:00 PM

ahhh, this is sublime. Very cleverly written, nancy.

Nancy Kaufman
Date: 5/8/2023 4:28:00 AM

Hi Andrea, Thanks for visiting. I'm sure that if I wasn't living alone I wouldn't be writing and putting my neck out there so much. I think in the end we are all orphans waiting to go home.

Valsa George

Date: 5/6/2023 7:05:00 PM

Nature gives so much of consolation to every weary heart. The refrain 'I am an orphan' gives a melancholic tone to the whole poem. Powerful penning, dear Nancy.

Nancy Kaufman
Date: 5/7/2023 5:43:00 AM

Hi Valsa, Mostly I am doing ok but it's been challenging at times to be so far away from family in my seasoned years. The area I reside in is mostly seasoned couples with lots of family connections and any one from another state is considered suspicious as the opiate crisis is impacting so many rural communities. I moved here three years ago when the world shut down due to covid but my family is scattered all over the U.S. It's had some challenges. Have a blessed day.

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 5/6/2023 3:06:00 PM

Wonderful. I love nature, God's creation... He gives us so many beautiful blessings., Love this. God bless you. Love, Gina

Nancy Kaufman
Date: 5/7/2023 5:45:00 AM

Hi Gina, I agree with you and think that with all the over stimulation of our current culture we should definitely take care of God's creation as it offers so much solace and beauty. Bless you and thanks for visiting little old me.

Paige Hind

Date: 5/6/2023 2:21:00 PM

Comforting. Nature is a great solace. Well done!

Nancy Kaufman
Date: 5/7/2023 5:46:00 AM

thanks Paige. Have a blessed day and I hope that you are having lovely spring weather where ever you are as well.