“A Sense of Spirit” copyright 2013 John J. Rigo, upcoming poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

It is a sense of spirit

that I behold in surveying my land.

It is a spirit that I never beheld before.

 

It is the beauty of the land

stretching out before me

in endless sky

and gentle brezzes

that touch my face. 

 

Looking Southwest from our back porch in Eustace, Texas on FM Road 2709.

I am now away from a city

I no longer love 

which only offers within itself

heart retching noise

and endless waste. 

 

My new country home is

a place called Eustace, Texas.

It is a sense of peace of spirit

that now abounds

around me each day

upon these twenty-nine acres. 

 

Welcome to East Texas

A preview and slice of heaven

of where my heart now lies. 

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