ABOUT THE AUTHOR             C.L. Bruun won the Editor's Award from the International Society of Poets for this poem.  She attained the distinction of becoming a Distinguished member of this poetry society at their invitation.  In another life, she held the office of past Vice President of the Idaho Falls, Idaho Chapter of the Idaho Writer's League. One of Ms Bruun's essays was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in one of their college level English Readers.  She has self published a children's book about a Bigfoot, "Muddley", who has created a smelly problem for his forest friends.  The book is for sale on this website.   

NOTE: Christy Lee is the pen name for C.L. Bruun.  She writes all her children's books with this pen name

Heartland Songs

by C.L. Bruun

I watch this man

With eyes of trust

That sparkle so

As our souls brush.

The whispered songs

of joy ignite

The flame that burns

Within tonight.

Across his brow

A bead of sweat.

The dust it flies.

The earth is wet.

I hear a stream

That bubbles so,

As he cares for

Each tender row.

He reaches out

His hand to me.

His thoughts reach out

So I can see

The dreams that move

Across his mind

And live within

His heart, I find.

and then he smiles

That look of youth,

Of trust, respect,

And love and truth.

So there we sit

Amid God's world

And watch his

Handiwork unfurl.