tweny & one

An' a belle rose up
higher than twenty;
Twenty-Sixteen, yup! -
she's years a plenty!

Ol' Annabelle's come
to that time of life
she's reached twenty-one
(with her share of strife),

she's reached the old "SCORE",
(from 'three SCORE & ten')
& then one year more.
Is she an ol' hen? -

instead of a chick?
Nah, she's still a babe!
So what makes her tick?
I wonder if mayb-

-be there's some causes?
Be there some goodness?
"Many, & more!" Says
all those who could guess.

She knows, we suppose,
there's more to this world
than what sometimes shows;
for what flag's unfurled

or "whose we are?" now -
- or "who owns this self?"
will show up somehow
in choices and wealth,

your treasure is where,
your heart will then be.
Young woman beware,
and keep your heart free...

from love of money,
and love of IT's men.
Keep singing sunny,
& sad things, for when

the Truth kisses Love
in this evil age,
a Life from above
steps onto the stage.

This stage of being
no longer childish,
comes with your seeing
bit more than you wish,

& still your choosing
to welcome that pair
(Truth & Love) using
"look-up & grone" prayer.