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QUIETUDE
There's a quiet place I go to
when I want to be alone
when the day seems dark and no sun shines
and in my heart, there is no song
There's nothing special 'bout it
for it's really just a dream
where I can sit in quiet thought
and dream my many dreams
For sometimes I feel so lonely
sometimes I feel so blue
so if you ask, what is the matter
I couldn't tell you true
Sometimes I think of olden days
when I was just a child
the good old days when I was young
and life was sweet and mild
Sometimes I wander through my mind
to scenes of joy and love
sometimes the trail seems dark and cold
for I've abandoned God above
Some days I think of Momma
in her kitchen warm and small
the good meals that she always made
all her canning in the fall
Sometimes I see my Poppa
as he sits astride his horse
his cow dogs chasing cattle
as he kept them on straight course
Sometime I think of my grown up days
about things I've done so wrog
but at the time, it seemed the thing to do
as I just merrily went along
In quiet times I sit alone
and I think of days back when
for now I see the ending story
things I should have seen back then
Now as twilight draws the curtain
and I think about my life
I think, could I have been a better mother
could I have been a better wife
And now it seems to late to fix them
things that I might have done that's wrong
but listen oh beating heart of mine
do you hear the echo of a song
I hear it coming closer
someone singing soft and sweet
could it be I hear an angel
oh how fast this old heart beats
The excitement overcomes me
and I'm thrilled down to my core
now sweet peace is descending o'er me
and I couldn't ask for more
And them I seem to realize
that I have done my best
I've done all that I can do in life
and I'll let God do the res
And now I sit in quietude
hope twinkling in my eye
just leave the past where it belongs
and kiss it all goodbye
Live for the future, I said to me
and go on your happy way
take all in life your given
and enjpy your evening days
