Rain and Roses

<h2><SPAN name="A_LONE_WALK" id="A_LONE_WALK"></SPAN>A Lone Walk</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="ig"><span class="letra">W</span>HEN I had left the city street<br/></span> <span class="ih">And lost the open road,<br/></span> <span class="i0">I breathed contentedly and deep<br/></span> <span class="i0">As one who shifts a load.<br/></span> <span class="i0">I wasn’t caring where I went<br/></span> <span class="i0">Or where I meant to go.<br/></span> <span class="i0">But I was tossing from my path<br/></span> <span class="i0">The brown leaves drifted so.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">When I was wondering aimlessly<br/></span> <span class="i0">Just what my quest would bring.<br/></span> <span class="i0">I saw a pink arbutus bloom<br/></span> <span class="i0">And heard a warbler sing.<br/></span> <span class="i0">The sky seemed blue and higher here<br/></span> <span class="i0">Than it was back in town.<br/></span> <span class="i0">And Oh! the wind delighted me,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The way it blew around.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And then I sought the grey glen road.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Went with it thru the wood.<br/></span> <span class="i0">And in its long green isles I walked<br/></span> <span class="i0">And worshipfully stood.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_34" id="page_34">{34}</SPAN></span><br/></span> <span class="i0">My neighbor questioned from the fence<br/></span> <span class="i0">What I had seen out there?<br/></span> <span class="i0">I said I sought adventure<br/></span> <span class="i0">And I found it everywhere.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_35" id="page_35">{35}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />