{"id":25334,"date":"2019-09-01T12:54:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T16:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/?p=25334"},"modified":"2019-09-01T12:54:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T16:54:27","slug":"boysenberries-big-rigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/2019\/09\/poetry-in-motion\/boysenberries-big-rigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Boysenberries & Big Rigs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SeptPoemPic\"<\/a>This poem is a story about Jimmy and Sarah. Jimmy is the kind of boy who lives for the moment \u2013 the free-spirited type who tends to never stand still. But then he meets Sarah \u2013 a soft spoken, meek type of girl, raised in an abusive home, clinging to her faith to pull her through. When they meet, Jimmy introduces Sarah to the freedom that he longs for as he watches the big rigs roll through town and Sarah inspires Jimmy with her faith in the Lord. They may have grown up with different circumstances and aspirations, but their differences are what drew them to each other and ultimately strengthened their bond. It\u2019s funny (actually, it\u2019s awesome) how the Lord can use the simplest things as a catalyst to form incredible relationships!<\/p>\n

BOYSENBERRIES<\/strong>
\n By Trevor Hardwick<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jimmy was a boy with a hand-me-down bicycle,
\nWho spent his summer days just ridin\u2019 around.
\nHe found a little spot on a hill by the interstate,
\nWatchin\u2019 all the big rigs on the outskirts of town.<\/p>\n

Sarah was a soft-spoken daughter of a drinkin\u2019 man,
\nWith dirty little shoes and tangled-up hair.
\nShe would hum tunes while pickin\u2019 all the boysenberries,
\nJimmy always wondered what she\u2019s doing down there.<\/p>\n

He was on his way to his spot by the interstate,
\nAnd mustered-up the courage just to ask for her name.
\nShe was pretty quiet but she offered it reluctantly,
\nWith a crooked little smile that ignited a flame.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long and the two were inseparable,
\nA matter of perspective when you\u2019re ten years old.
\nSarah spoke to Jimmy \u2018bout the Lord she was singin\u2019 to,
\nJimmy talked to Sarah \u2018bout his love for the road.<\/p>\n

She would claim it took her far away from the tragedy,
\nShe was facing daily when she got back home.
\nHe would tell her all about the distant destinations,
\nOut there on the highway where the semi-trucks roam.<\/p>\n

She would take a ride on his duct-taped banana seat,
\nHe would take her up to the hillside at night.
\nCarrying a blanket and a basketful of boysenberries,
\nSharing simple stories in the dwindling light.<\/p>\n

Jimmy was a wildcard the pedal-to-the-metal kind,
\nLivin\u2019 for the moment never taking it slow.
\nBut Sarah had a way of speaking to his softer side,
\nAnd pointing to the Savior who created his soul.<\/p>\n

Sarah was an easy going meek and timid tender type,
\nCovering the wounds she endured every day.
\nBut Jimmy made her feel like another world existed,
\nWhere the big wheels would roll and carry her away.<\/p>\n

Was it something in the air or possibly the boysenberries?
\nJimmy felt the butterflies stirring within.
\nSarah started noticing her singing and her praying,
\nWas becoming more desperate when she wasn\u2019t with him.<\/p>\n

Years rolled by like the truckers on the interstate,
\nJimmy told Sarah he would make her his wife.
\nWith a crooked little smile she agreed enthusiastically,
\nDrastically forgetting all her previous strife.<\/p>\n

Now he pushes wind in a boysenberry Peterbilt,
\nHe\u2019s never been the kind who could ever stand still.
\nSarah takes her turn at the wheel on the interstate,
\nGoing where they dreamed once upon that hill.<\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s the bike with the busted-up banana seat,
\nMaybe it\u2019s the smile from a broken home.
\nMaybe it\u2019s the songs and the basketful of boysenberries,
\nWhat brought these two together may remain unknown.<\/p>\n

Jimmy offered Sarah an escape from her circumstance,
\nAnd Sarah gave direction for his wandering soul.
\nBut don\u2019t forget Who Sarah sent her songs and praises to,
\nThe One who brought her Jimmy, she brought Jimmy to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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