Got a nice bump on the head, but I'm still at a loss...Where am I? It's a neat little room. The bed, a double, is made up with fresh linens and quilts. There's a dresser. A mirror. A candle. Lace curtains over the windows. Nice rug on that hard wood floor. I'm up and peeking through the curtains. Horses. Steer. Chickens...Somebody's ranch, but whose? I'm not sure I'm ready to go through that door just yet...Whoa hey, who's that down there...?
I'm trying to retrace my steps...it's a fog. We were on a wagon train out of the Ohio Valley. We crossed the Ohio. Then the Mississippi. Got ambushed. Robbed by bandits. Few of us escaped and despite the loss of our supply, we were doin' alright, but we were separated in a storm somewhere 'round Kansas or Oklahoma maybe and I've been wandering for weeks...seems like weeks. I was stowed away in a train car for a while. Needed shelter and the means to a town. I thought if I could just send word back to Appalachia...send for help. I was found out and sent walkin'...I'm not sure where that was.
Happy?
Sad?
Feeling blue?
Feeling bad?
Can a gentle, smiling friend
try to cheer you up again?
When you have to wait because someone is late, are you bored? Jumpy?Worried? Grumpy? Excited as the minutes pass?
Now your friend is here at last!
How are you when friends drop by?
With someone new.....a little shy?
Don't belong?
Not for long!
Feel secure?
Or not so sure?
Amused?
Confused?
Frustrated?
Surprised?
Try these feelings on for size.
How are you feeling?
When you are attacked, do you react?
How do you feel when someone is mean?
Timid? Bold? Or in-between?
When you are angry, do you pout? Whine? Cry? Scream? Shout?
Feeling sorry
and ashamed?
Or embarrassed to be blamed?
Jealous?
Disappointed too? When you are hurt who comforts you?
So many smiles!
Can you decide who's feeling safe?
Who's feeling pride?
Wired? Tired? Need a kiss?
Do you know any one like this?
Do you let your feelings show?
Who do you love?
How do they know?
When how you feel is understood,
you have a friend, and that feels good.
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