Todd Duncan Tennyson
Well-known member
The sky
was a perfect blue
romantic and untouchable
far away and up
into a different world
as far as I could see
wild and alive
forever
something I could nearly touch
i laid down in the dry september grass
alone
but for my old bird dogs
they laid right with me
& we took a rest
took off my big black boots
& laughed aloud
had a blast of something strong
to keep me ok
thinking
how lucky i was
a crazy lost soul
in a place
nobody'd ever know
I'd finally made it
gigantic billowing clouds
blew away
up and free
like they were set loose to do just that
i watched them float up
high and over me
the cranes and geese were flying south
calling
to anyone
that might hear
I could chase the dogs all day
i could do anything
hard and real
lean
and ready
in wild mountains
deep canyons
and riffles in creeks far below
that called me down to them
i could go as far as I wanted
i could have pushed it past the edge of the hillsides
but I pulled it back
my great restraint
with a hunting vest full of birds
my old 20 gauge
and the dogs to attend to
the creek had nearly run dry
but there was still just enough water
for me and the dogs to get a loop
was a perfect blue
romantic and untouchable
far away and up
into a different world
as far as I could see
wild and alive
forever
something I could nearly touch
i laid down in the dry september grass
alone
but for my old bird dogs
they laid right with me
& we took a rest
took off my big black boots
& laughed aloud
had a blast of something strong
to keep me ok
thinking
how lucky i was
a crazy lost soul
in a place
nobody'd ever know
I'd finally made it
gigantic billowing clouds
blew away
up and free
like they were set loose to do just that
i watched them float up
high and over me
the cranes and geese were flying south
calling
to anyone
that might hear
I could chase the dogs all day
i could do anything
hard and real
lean
and ready
in wild mountains
deep canyons
and riffles in creeks far below
that called me down to them
i could go as far as I wanted
i could have pushed it past the edge of the hillsides
but I pulled it back
my great restraint
with a hunting vest full of birds
my old 20 gauge
and the dogs to attend to
the creek had nearly run dry
but there was still just enough water
for me and the dogs to get a loop