Old Woman By the Shore
Whispers in her corridor voices over heard
Shouts of praise maybe laughing gas
She swings open her door to let light come in
Gone are the hazy days to frolic in the phrase
Stone walk ways through its ivy hedge lying dew
She just couldn't keep her mouth shut to save her soul
Talk of the town that was until she fell ill
Now deep within her thought she ponders her past
Reflections come to those who choose
Truth to her was revealed through a barbed wire fence with dent
Setting her melodic soul full force in a trance
Always thinking of her long lost son who ran away sense
Then one dreary day a knock came at her door
Lest that she shall implore some other way
Behind the door stood a tall man
Looking for warmth inside for he was a tramp
Her first impression was to send the man to camp
For many years have passed still having a reason to grasp
Old woman by the shore lest I implore
Yet give life time
We never know what's around the corner
In time she gathers her senses and approaches the man
His sad face had an unfashionable embrace
A lone trace and a thoughtful warm trace
A closer look and she soon realizes without any surprises
For it was none other then her own flesh & blood
It was his eyes does it come at any big enough surprise
Brown just like her's
With questions that she once heard
A plot of land brought back his memories
A mark on the tree would set the story free
After questions passed they both had every reason to grasp
Happy as a lark her face look straight to the ocean
The reunion with her son
Was a heaven sent magical potion
Through darkened asps with briars in rhetoric strange decorum
A morning has broken and true light came flowing
With shadows torn in darkened circumstances
Heavenly father is a God of second chances!
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