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ONE LITTLE GIRL (Tess's Dream)
By beanerywriters(11,675)
Down in the hills of Tennessee
dotted with one room shantys
po' little Tess lived
her pa went off to the coal mine
her ma hung washin' on the line.
From six rowdy siblings
some older, some younger
she took some awful ribbin'
there was mo' takin' than givin'
Barefoot and shy
her pigtails would fly
as she skipped the dirt road
hummin' a tune, she'd dream past noon
hopin' for schoolin' real soon.
Determined, Tess clenched her fist
they'd not laugh,
she'd see to that!
She dug her feet in the dark earth
straightened her back
loaded up her backpack
and at fifteen, she left "the hollow"
to follow her dreams.
An education she'd be gettin'
worked her way thru school to university
graduated summa cum laude,
returned to Tennessee with her teaching degree.
Her siblings were all grown
some with kids of their own,
but one little girl, bright and shy
tugged her aside, "Pretty miss, teach me
my ABC's. . .cause I wanna' be. . .somebody."
Tess smiled as she remembered
her long ago dream
soft as a summer sigh
shining thru the child's eyes. . . ---written by Kathleen | |
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