SCOUT SMILING BOY

You asked how I’m doing

Hoping to hear all is well

To be totally honest

I’m wonderfully swell!

 

Never been better

Since finding out

That I’m a great person

Even if sometimes I shout

 

Learned that no one is perfect

Flaws, we all have some

What matters are heart-songs

And where we come from

 

Now I look for the goodness

In everyday life

Avoiding the bad news

And all the loud strife

 

At home in the mountains

With the rocks and the birds

Listening to land songs

Sky & earth  pure sweet words

 

They sing of God’s goodness

Each moment I look

To see what is waiting

In small crannies & nooks

 

Finding smiles, joy & laughter

Right at home with my son

Even lacking a man’s arms

Sure someday there’ll be one

 

To hold me and love me

Like I know I deserve

Pure woman created

With spunk & nice curve

 

Meanwhile life’s for living!

And getting out of my bed

Never wasting a moment

‘Til the day I am dead

I still love you, my friend

Praying for you each day

Thanking God for your love

In my heart you will stay

 

From now and forever

Until dust I will be

Put away in my casket

No more flowers to see

 

Glad to hear you are playing

Your wooden box strung with strings

To join in the glad songs

That dear Harry still sings

 

Over & over the music

You gave to me plays

Teaching me lessons

Setting my heart all ablaze

 

And now I will end

This long poem of joy

Hoping every word finds you

A Scout, smiling boy!