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
Copyright © Ward Billings | Year Posted 2009
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