Meadowlark Song

I heard a meadowlark today,
The first one I have heard
Since I left Dakota prairies.
That cheery little bird
Brought back so many memories
Of childhood young and free.
Sing on songster and take me back
To how it used to be.

To the time when Mom and Daddy
Took most of my young heart;
And brothers and little sister
Filled up the other part.
When I left home, I could not know
How much I left behind.
Childhood once abandoned can
Be hard again to find.

All my worries then were carried
By my big, gentle dad;
Or Mother held them snugly in
The ample lap she had.
The march of time was stopped today,
When I heard your melody.
It's moving backwards and I've found
The carefree child in me.

I know it's but a short reprieve
From time and all its pain.
But sweet bird while you sing your song,
I am a child again.

By: Joyce 3/18/04