Ed Evans Poet Quatrain

Running Away From Mariposa

Standing in the meadow 
Looking up at old Half Dome 
Watching deer meandering 
Across the front porch of their home. 

So many years ago 
When the Indians still were there 
And the great Winona redwood 
Could be driven through if you dare

The times were so much simpler 
And the living was so free 
When the life of a little boy 
Was all that it could be. 

Seems I've spent a lifetime
 Looking for a better way to be 
When Mariposa was just waiting
 For me to come back and be me.

Indeed I've spent most of my life,
A lifetime running away
Trying to be what I wasn't,
A mask and a part to play.

Trying to be this one and that one
Running away from seeds that were sown
Breaking deals and breaking hearts
Even at last my own.

So I offer this advice
To those whose heart is achin',
Go right on and just be yourself,
Everyone else is taken.

by E. Marshall Evans

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