By the Big Creek
I was hiking
By the big creek
On an summer day
In the bright sun
It was so hot
And I was all alone
Lost in my thoughts
My foot struck the pathway
To the cadence
Of the music
I was listening to
On my iPod
By the big creek
There were people
Reading signs saying keep right
And a concrete path
With city dwellers walking
To and fro
Lovers hand in hand
And it all made sense
Except for the litter
On the big creek’s banks
While across the way
Was a broken down barbed-wired fence
In the bright sun
Not a cloud in the sky
There was sweat on my brow
Running down my temples
As an old lady walked by
And she smiled at me showing her dimples
It was so hot
I drank some water
Lots of cool water
And the temperature
Was 110 degrees
And that was in the shade
Lost in my thoughts
My foot struck the pathway
To the cadence
Of the music
I was listening to
On my iPod
While I was hiking
By the big creek
On an summer day
In the bright sun
It was so hot
And I was all alone
© 2011
Jimmie A. Kepler
