Does Your Heart Ever Soar?
By Jerry A. White



Does your heart ever soar?  Do you know how much it means
To have on a good pair of boots and faded old jeans?

Do you ever sing to your horse while you set him astride
With the sun warm on your back, you're just glad to be in the saddle.

Did you ever just haul off and jump and shout real loud with glee?
For no other reason than you're just glad to be free.

Did you ever just talk to the Lord, did you ever just pray
To thank Him for the sunshine and the beautiful day?

Think about it real hard and try to recall a time
When you were just happy to be yourself and let your troubles unwind.

You weren't worried about bills, the future or the chores.
You were just glad to be alive and breathing in God's great outdoors.

You may have been out with your dog or riding your favorite mule.
It may have been a day off work or a weekend away from school.

Have you ever felt this way partner? Can you remember back when?
What's that? You say you've never, or "my, how long has it been?"

Well sir, it won't make you feel better to bellyache or moan.
Get out in God's great outdoors. Take a walk even alone.

Look at the river, the trees and flowers that God put on this green earth.
He put you here, too, Partner.  He knew you before your birth.

You're more important to Him than the stars, and He has them numbered in the sky.
He said, "Surely you're more important than a sparrow,"
            and He knows each one that falls to earth never again to fly.

So if you want inner peace and happiness of which there is no other kind,
The Lord said,"Knock and the door will open, seek him, and him, you will surely   find.


Jerry A. White  M.C.P.A.
Writer of Poems and Short Stories
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