Banjo Picking

Banjo picking on the front porch
I smile at you this way.
I love to hear you pick away
while I am sitting near.
You have no way of knowing
the way you make me feel.
You bring a song into my heart
that comes out in a smile.
You bring back memories
of when I was young.
Listening to the radio
while mommy cooked on the
old wood stove.
Times were hard, or so they said
But you never would have known by
Look on Mommy's face.
Busy all day long she was
washing clothes and such.
To make a home for all us kids
and that is what she did.
Oh to go back for just one day
to see her and remember when.
Our lives today would not seem so bad
if we could just return to then.

2/23/08
Judy Lindsey

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