Summary: Amid a lingering, lonely winter, Ben glimpses a promise of spring.
Category: Poetry, Bonanza
Genre: Rhyme
Rated: G
Word Count: 93
After a night of sleepless dreams
He rises with the morning sun
No matter the weather or circumstance
A rancher’s work is never done
Winter’s chill invades his bones
Spring’s green promise far away
His coffee drained to bitter dregs
He wearily begins his day
Collar up, hat brim down
Bracing himself against the snow
He steers his horse to the mountaintop
Surveys his kingdom down below
He lifts in the saddle, heart in his throat
On the horizon, a rider alone
A sight approaching Heaven itself —
A wandering son coming home.
***The End***
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