MURRAY COUNTY POETRYPoems by Murray Poets and Poems About Murray County NOT OURS TO WONDER WHY by John Homer Luffman1910-1987 WHY SHOULD I HANG AROUND SO LONG I'D TRULY LIKE TO KNOW MY YEARS ARE PAST THREE-SCORE AND TEN AND WHERE DID THEY ALL GO? I'VE SEEN A BUNCH OF KIDS GROW UP, AND NOW THEIR KIDS ARE GROWN- THOSE CHILDREN OF MY NEIGHBORS AND, YES, SOME OF MY OWN. WHEN MANY BETTER FOLKS THAN I HAVE LONG SINCE PASSED AWAY, I VERY OFTEN WONDER WHY I'M STILL AROUND TODAY. PERHAPS, THERE'S SOMETHING YET FOR ME TO DO THOUGH I AM WEAK- SOME ACT OF LOVE OR KINDNESS OR WORD THAT I MIGHT SPEAK. I GUESS WE SHOULDN'T QUESTION THE MASTER'S ALL-WISE PLAN, AND IN THE TIME REMAINING TRY TO DO THE BEST WE CAN. Murray County Poetry
Murray County Poetry