~First Song of the Whippoorwill~ ~Blue~

First Song of the Whippoorwill~

When I look around me
This house where we loved together
So many moments once shared
The laughter we knew

Here in this place where there lived happiness
How could we have known
On that day
God would call you away
And time would separate me from you

In the early morning sunrise
I think of birds singing--- bees humming
While butterflies float in midair
I see the beauty of God’s creation everywhere

Now Winter winds have come-----so cold blowing in
Here in the garden where our roses grew
Still I’m so thankful----as I feel God’s love and that’s enough
Living by faith----He’ll make a way
Walking each step day by day
He sees me through

There’s a photograph of you on our dresser
As the tears slip from my face to touch your smile
My fingertips retrace----a beautiful lone spectator frozen in time
As many thoughts go walking through my mind

I try not to take one day for granted
It’s just I miss you so much
When every where I look there’s the memory of your love

Your favorite shirts still hanging in the closet
The way you left them there
Your shoes and those pair of faded jeans
As if your not really gone at all
your guitar in the corner

But the saddest of all,
I saw Egan as he sat looking across the meadow
As if waiting-------waiting to catch but a glimpse of you it seems
Expecting you to come again
Then a car or truck drives down the lane-----
He’ll go lie down beside your boots with his head upon his paws…

I’ll wipe away the tears-----try to smile through the pain------since you went away----
I’ll look for joy in the smallest things
As the stars fill the skies---night has fallen
here in the silence
The echoes still linger long after the first song of the whippoorwill

Copyright © 2018 S.A. Lawson McMahan (SAM) {KYBluebird}

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