The Town

Summer 1954

A village nestled in quiet

peace, a church, a school,

a general store.

A boy, a girl, a country lane

A stream, a fall,

A quiet roar,

A falling leaf, a whirlwind,

A bird, a butterfly,

A gate, a house, a pool of

green beneath a cloudless

sky.

A farm, a field of rustling

wheat, a giant sheet of

waving gold,

A whisper of love, a breath

of song, a peaceful town

of old.