Ramblings on a Thursday morning...

I'm an Oklahoma Girl

Red dirt courses thru my veins

Ya’ll falls softly from my lips

I talk slow, no sign of a drawl

But I’m an Oklahoma Girl

I love the smell of new mown hay

I can tell you what kind of cow is in that field

I can drive a John Deere

I’m an Oklahoma Girl

I wear boots & jeans with diamond rings

I am at home in lace & pearls

I learned to drive in an old Chevy truck

Bumping over ruts in a pasture

I’m an Oklahoma Girl

I’ve shoveled out cow barns

I can milk by hand

I’ve hoed the garden

I’ve watched the dehorning

I’m an Oklahoma Girl

I’ve fed the calves

I’ve watered the horses

I’ve called the cows in to be milked

I’ve called the dog to kill a snake

I’m an Oklahoma Girl

I drink coffee from Starbucks

I shop at Whole Foods

I’ve traveled the country

I’ve searched for an identity

I’ve found my way home

I’m an Oklahoma Girl

I lived in big cities far from the hills

Saw mountains that touched the sky

Walked in the shadows far from the light

Always an Oklahoma Girl

I lived a fast life

I rode the back of a Harley

But nothing compared to riding my pony

I’ve climbed the Cascades, topped the Rockies

But, nothing compared to seeing the Arbuckles in the summer sun

wildflowers gracing the centuries old rocky face

I am, after all, an Oklahoma Girl

Neon lit many a sky

Turned night into day

Sounds of traffic played a sweet song

Sounds of the city both night & day

But, I am an Oklahoma Girl

Thunderheads come up far to the west

Lightening dances

Thunder booms far off in the distance

The clouds are black turning to green

Hail

I am an Oklahoma Girl taught to read the signs

Spring is upon us

Tornados are a part of our existence

Don't head for the cellar

Stand on the porch & watch it unfold

I'm an Oklahoma Girl

It's hailing they said that Oregon afternoon

Our cars will be dented

Our insurance is doomed

What, that's not hail I shouted

Pea-sized , HA HA

Don't call me til it's at least golfball.

Silly, people

I'm an Oklahoma Girl & I know hail

I’ve watched the sun set on Key West

But nothing can match the colors of pink, purple & gold

when the sun sets on the Oklahoma horizon

Nothing compares to the night the full moon graces an Oklahoma sky

The stars dance thru the heavens

The night birds call

A soft breeze blows thru my hair

I smell the honeysuckle, the roses

I let out a long breath, I am home

I am an Oklahoma Girl

~~blessed be...