WALK ON A DIRT ROAD

The world awakens and so must I
To walk my unpaved road
While bird songs herald a new born day
And my spirit shall lighten it’s load.

For there is a certain fragrance
That seems to fill the air
When walking on a country road
Alone, with no one there.

No matter what the season
Or even time of day
Though the road be dust and even
Or rutted and hard as clay

With a breeze whispering through
The trees, spreading nature’s scent
I walk the road I love so well
My soul at peace, my heart content.

William E. Rose Jr (1927 – 2012)