Ward Billings Poet Dramatic Monologue

The Hawk and the Pole

MY MIND IT IS MOVIN' ON DOWN AND LOW

TRAVELING WEST TOWARD THE SUNSET'S GLOW

AND THERE'S A HAWK THAT'S SITTIN' ON A TELEPHONE POLE

AND I'M WONDERING TO MYSELF, "JUST WHAT IS MY ROLE?"

THEN I REMEMBER BACK IN REVERIE..

TO A DAY WHEN I ALSO ASKED WHAT'S IN STORE FOR ME

IT HAD BEEN RAINING, A DANK, DARK, COOL DAY

THE CLOUDS JUST SEEMED TO NEVER GO AWAY

I WAS DEPRESSED AND SAD AND FELT AT THE END

AND THEN A PRAYER, I DID EXTEND

"I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT FOR ME

AND I WILL REMAIN HERE, I WILL WAIT AND SEE

I SEE NOTHING IN THE ROAD FOR ME AHEAD"

I PRAYED IN EARNEST, THAT'S WHAT I SAID

"I SEE NO REASON, TO CONTINUE ON"

MY HEART IT WAS ACHING, LOVE LONG, LONG GONE

"IT IS UP TO YOU, THAT I STILL REMAIN

FOR I SEEK YOUR LOVE, AND  NOT YOUR DISDAIN

SO PLEASE LEAD THE WAY, AND THERE  I WILL FOLLOW

PLEASE GIVE ME A SIGN, FOR MY SOUL IS HOLLOW"

AND AT THAT VERY MOMENT , THE CLOUDS THEY WERE PARTED

THEN THE SUN IT BURST FORTH, AND MY HEART WAS STARTED

AND THEN WHEN I LOOKED AT THE SKY'S EASTERN GLOW

THERE, AGAINST THE CLOUDS, A COMPLETE DOUBLE RAINBOW!

SO NOW TRAVELING WEST, WITH MY MIND DOWN AND LOW

I TAKE IN THE BEAUTY OF THE SUN'S WESTERN GLOW

  AND AS FOR WHAT IS IN STORE FOR ME, I STILL DON'T KNOW

BUT I DO KNOW NOW THAT I STILL HAVE A ROLE

JUST LIKE THAT HAWK I SEE ON THAT POWER POLE

 SO UNTIL THE END, THEN, I WILL JUST DRIVE

TO WHERE I DON'T KNOW UNTIL I ARRIVE

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Carol Sunshine Brown October 24, 2009 at 6:59 AM I enjoyed reading your excellent poetry today Ward. I look forward to reading more of it. I wish you a wonderful weekend filled with love and inspiration. Love Carol