I find it interesting that sometimes you start out just putting down ideas and following what you are thinking only to realize half way through, or more, that it is about something else. In this case it was my brother that entered into my thoughts.

 Another Lifetime I Never Knew

The wind whispers soft and low
Beating branches keeping time
While the sound of the whip poor will
Offers comfort to my mind

The day is heavy amidst the clouds

The cornfield sways and rattles its leaves

And in a corner of my mind

I picture you lying there fast asleep

I am told in time a heart does mend

Maybe after a few winters come and go

There are words I could have said

There are decisions I will never know

So now I walk through the fields

Through the woods and past the stream

To the lake where waves do flow

Beating me about my knees 

And in the morning I will have

A one sided conversation once again

Hoping to find answers I never knew

As I spend another lifetime with you

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by Bill Ferguson

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