Looking Back Nostalgically
The sun is brightly shining
And the birds are all in song.
I look fondly across the prairie,
Into her sweet land I was born.
No mountains will amaze,
No ocean sets her apart,
She is just a simple land
With a gentle, beating heart.
Nurtured by the sun and rain,
Swept by the winds of God,
She gives the living rites of Spring
As she has always done.
I thought I could never leave,
Together we were strong,
But a flower in the prairie
Vanishes in the winter sun.
I finally said a last goodbye
But took her gentle heart.
It beats within me lovingly
These haughty years apart.