Family Outing
By Rich Reith





Saturday outing
Ones you love
Sunflower oceans
Blue sky above





Dusty old roads
Small town streets
Country freedom
Country treats




Village squares
Funnel cakes
County fairs
Catfish lakes




Places familiar
Places new
Endless wheat fields
Shimmering dew





Old town centers
Five and dimes
Tiny malt shops
Past their prime





Boiled peanuts
Country cuisine
Cokes in a bottle
from an old machine





Water skiing
Cold as ice
Sand in your toes
in paradise.





No name hotel
No name town
Everyone friends
With ne'er a frown



Picnic tables
Long hayride
Fireside slumber
In the arms of your bride





Two dollar T-shirts
From a trip to the zoo,
A walk hand in hand
By a lake ice-blue.





Mountain sunset
Heading home
Tired unpacking
Still wanting to roam.





Empty suitcase
Peace-filled soul
Weekend in heaven
Hearts that are whole






Copyright © February 2005 by Rich Reith. All rights reserved