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~ Windows ~ Looking through my window as a child: I beheld the sun rise when the morning had arrived-- And it seemed to be my first day of being aware, when I was very small, and the world was bigger than something way-far-away; the mountains so far-- and my loved ones so near. And I watched the birds and animals all come alive when they thought that I may not see . . . But some of them were happy to have found, . . my window and me. Looking through my window as a boy: I counted the stars in the nighttime until I ran-out of numbers to call them by-- And I wondered, how high was high, if you could never touch the sky? And I grew each day in wide-eyed belief, when my dreams became my memories, and my memories made up my dreams . . . When I was young and small, and the world seemed so tall, . . my window was, . . the greatest view of all.
* This poem was written and copyrighted before the 'Windows' software by Microsoft. Where do you think they got the idea? :-) © 1989 by Jason Leigh Back
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~ Where the River Always Flows ~
(A Folk Song) seem to ripple in the breeze. Imagination dances with the leaves on the ground. And I get that "old-time feelin', " as I take the urge to go--- To my special place, where the river always flows. 2). Up the river, a steamboat's ah-comin', her paddle wheel's churnin' slow. Some children play like whirlwinds, on the levee beside the shore. And I see your face ah-smilin', as the wind cuts through your hair--- at my special place, where the river always flows. Chorus: And I know that we will be, together on an endless sea--- And stand up tall for what we both believe. I'm a sentimental man, but you know I do what I can--- to try to find some heaven, . . here below. 3). When all my work is done, I'll be lying in the summer sun. Dreamin' of those mountains that I, knew I'd never climb. And I get that old-time feelin', as I take the urge to go--- to my special place, where the river always flows. The shadows from the trees, . . seem to ripple--in the breeze . . .
© 1971 by Jason Leigh
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