-The Sound of Life

The sound of life
Comes rolling in

The laughter of
Small children

The birds
High in the air
Flying, flying
Crying there

The cars run by
And shake the ground

Brown leaves falling
Crunching around

Wind, high in the tree
Whispering its song

Critters running
Shuffling along

Crows, sitting on
Their high and lonely perch
Cawing, cawing
Around the church

One bell rings
Another answers

Wind brings leaves
Like little dancers
Cascading down
The front porch step
Then flown aloft
And there kept

By the cold
November wind

Happy children
For home send

The darkness comes
To calm the land
Another day
Has claimed the sand