THE LAND FOR ME

Just north of Lake Ontario, there is a patch of land,
Fashioned very long ago, by GOD's Almighty Hand!
No other had ever claimed it, because it was saved for me!
The many years I've spent here, were simply meant to be!
I'ts up and down and when I climb, I can almost reach a star!
I stand up there! I look around.....and I can see so far!
My roots are deep! I am safe and secure!
When I work around here, life is joyful and pure!
Away, from worldly things, with more time to think and do!
The lovely, meaningful things, my CREATOR made come true!
When HE formed this hill, HE knew it was just right for me!
Where animals, birds, fish and I could live and feel so free!
It is my special slice, of Paradise, sparkling with morning dew,
Where life is fine and I can feel, that all my dreams are true!
It's coated with sunshine! Washed with rain! Blessed by GOD's love,
And each night it's decorated, with moon and stars above!
Sometimes, it is so quiet, as if Time is just standing still!
Sometimes, trees twist and bend, as wind sweeps up the hill!
Hawks soar high! Robins chirp....and Bluejays scold each other!
There are a million sights to please...unlike any other!
I'm not alone....I'm surrounded, by so many special things!
I note the birds and butterflies and wish, that I had wings!
I'd fly up there, to the top of my hill and have a different view,
Of all the nooks and crannies...beneath  my sky so blue!
I'll never roam away from here, I know my fields are green!
I think my hill's the very best place, that I have ever seen!
My roots are deep and I'm a part, of every twig and vine!
If GOD allows, just let me be, here on my hill, so fine!
I will end my earthly life, as it long ago began....
Alone...with Nature...and in GOD's caring hand!

Pauline Banning
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