My Backyard                   by Miriam Spengler   When things are in a turmoil and living seems so hard, I pick up a folding chair and sit in my back yard. Everything seems so peaceful beneath a Maple tree You could almost fall asleep your mind is quiet and free. It's so nice to sit and listen to the birds in the trees, The cardinal in it's coat of red, singing it's song in the breeze. The blue and pink clouds in the sky As the sun shines on the flowers are all colors in a rainbow - - How brilliant when it showers! Chubby squirrels and humming birds Designed to please your eye; and as I keep on looking, I see a beautiful butterfly. I know our God is near Although I do not see him I know he hears my prayers as he guides us in his wing. My eyes might shed a tear In those hours of feeling blue But as I'm sitting in my back yard Happiness fills my life anew. There's never a day that God forgets and never a time he doesn't share The prayers are heard in my back yard I know I'm in his care.