This updated version of my lyric poem came out of a discussion with a friend who made me realize I had not then been humbled enough, and at 77 I've been humbled a lot. I am always grateful to anyone who can open my eyes to the bottomless well of my humanity, mirky as the water in it is from my own error and folly. The line in the song to "sprawling on a pin" is a reference to T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."

Just Another Broken Man (Gospel Version)

Oh What A Beautiful World

Open Season On My Heart

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Written by James Geer

The sky today
Is bluish grey
And contemplating rain 

The trees a screen
Of shades of green
The most majestic reign

The lilacs hide
A flock inside
Of singing chickadees 

Gardenias 
And hydrangeas 
rustle in the breeze

Glowing blooms
Fill afternoons
With lavender and red

Creeping thyme
And clover line
The fertile flower bed

Natures dance
I’m in a trance
Such visions to behold

So serene
I’m in a dream
A sight as dear as gold

Open Season On My Heart

Willie Nelson

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