ode to a porch swing

giving thanks for lots of time spent reading on the porch swing today with Anna and Taylor 

and for time to hang out with neighbors tonight in this sweet place... 

The Front Porch Swing

Sitting in the front porch swing,
With a cool wind in your face,
Can cause one to dream.
Of another time and place.

Back when times were simple,
Times you cannot replace,
Life was easy going then,
People moved a slower pace.

Swinging in the old porch swing,
Troubles seemed to fade,
And the problems of the day,
Could somehow be delayed.

The perfect place to sit and talk,
Are to wild away the hours,
To breath in all the country air,
And smell the garden flowers.

Sitting in the swing at twilight,
As darkness comes along,
Watching all the lightning bugs,
Listening to the crickets song.

When I think of the old porch swing,
And all it does impart.
It leaves me with fond memories,
And a warm place in my heart.

By
Richard Netherland Cook