Silent Walking

Silent Walking Silently I walked each step a determined grin goodbye- to farm and its great toil next stop big city and glaring lights. No farm could hold me back there was spring in each step Searching for all I did lack Away, my heart and soul was swept. Dust flew as my pace quickened past receded into a mist no more Sun baking my mind no more farm that my soul sickened Looking back on that fateful day ghosts dance in to that dream There was nothing in my way Wide path cleared, so it did seem Yet I was then set to dearly pay Trading farm work for factory grind each day a horrid chore Dull blades cutting into my mind Saddened, I had expected so damn much more Life gives but can also be so unkind! Reality, reaLITY, O' what a bitter bite! I left a bright flowing river just to find cold and painfully shiver A fool that dreamed of vast riches soon was digging ditches Yet surviving brought me to a shore! I live, love and sing once more! Thank God, I live once more! R.J. Lindley April 23, 1973