In God's country of North America
Almost five centuries after Columbus discovered america
Deep down in the South
Of Alabama and word of mouth
To a white brick house
On a corner between two roads
Steel linked chain fence around house
With pine trees lots of needles and loads
Of them on at least six trees in front yard
With a flower bed running along
Side the house in front yard
First flowers then green plants on along
With rectangle flower garden seven feet long
Concrete squares between the flowers afill
The small space underneathe kitchen windowsill
Lawn chairs swing over to left side of back yard
Clothes line, marble furniture over to right side
Of the back yard with few trees on everyside
A storage building sits in the very center back
Just before a garden space that's farthest back
Two tables eight chairs made of wrought iron
That sit on the back patio porch of the home
Tall steel fence surrounds the vegetable garden
Where dad worked so hard in that garden
Many many times ready willing and able
As the garden grew to a harvest
Mother worked hard making home canned food
For the family to eat during a cold season
We never went without homemade food
Not during any cold season
In every warm season my nextdoor neighbor
We'd play together outside in either yard
Oh those were the childhood days to remember
Bless God he has my regards
In the beginning God blessed us long ago
Now centuries later from long ago
He still blesses us forever on to and fro.
~ Meshelle Brown ~
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