Measuring Up

              Measuring Up

 

You set on the rail sun going down

On a day you call the best

Looking for anything one would call

A place and time for rest

 

The cowboys have come

Rounding up those cows

from all corners of the hills

Their stories are full of riding and roping

And the greatness of all their skills

 

You notice that one has shied from bragging

'bout his work out on the spread

He doesn't spend wasteful time talkin'

While fixin' his humble bed

 

He came to work with all the rest

Choosing jobs they all called bad

That effort from with in his heart

Measuring up to a boss called Dad.

 

Tom

Montana 11/16/2011

Reviews

[Relic]

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