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Free Research > R > Reed > Family StoryUse the free genealogy search to quickly discover your family history or share your own! Calm to Calm & "Me-an' - - - Share-own" - poems
"CALM to CALM"
by- Patsy Jo Reed Sircy Peaceful scene, disturbed by naught, Click of my word shutter, vision caught; Meandering stream, with gentle ripples' flow, Forever imprinted, memory recall show. Wading children's quest for pebbles, dear, Recalling treasures of all they hold near; Swinging bridge, many precious bare feet trod, Reflecting clouds and rainbow, sent from GOD. Violent temper, underneath beauty's disguise, History's markers to record water's rise; Recall surging, raging, wet claws of death, Terror of sinking LOVEd one' last breath! Disappearing houses pass bending trees, Congregation scattered, all still on knees; Season's crops, stock, farm life's blood, All swept away by last night's flood! A child's limp body, baby bed, and toys; Found in trees, by Volunteer rescue boys! Where's the devastation, now? Long since forgot; 'Neath serene lake's surface, dam's invisible blot! .................................................. "Me-an' - - - Share-own" by- Patsy Jo Reed Sircy TVA lakes are "Me-an's", you see, Somebody else owns them with me; Me-an' you's land and pride they take, So Me-an' you all "share-own" the lake! Me-an' my family's land is under there, Unmarked ancestors, some with raven hair, Me-an' my son hear faintly, on the wind, An eagle's scream, fright his world will end! Me-an' my people proudly walked this country new, We fought for many freedoms, to think and do; It was always so, still is, to this very day, Me-an' mine will die for "right to say"! We-an' Uncle Sam send our kin way-off to fight, Our lakes gently lap home-front shores each night; If we sell our waters, it will be Freedom's shame, Me-an' you's GI's long to return, from whence they came! They plowed up trees, and cut homes down, Tears filled the lakes, then spilled all around; We-an' TVA can't sell water, blood, sweat, and tears, Me-an' others "share-own" with GOD for our Earthbound years! 2 MAY 1996
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