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Missing June

a cold wind is blowing
it cuts to the bone
the trees are bare
the leaves are gone

I can't stand up
I can barely breathe
my eyes are heavy
what's wrong with me?

*remembering the sun shining down
*bathing in her light
*greenery growing all around me
*the songs of the birds and bees

I'm an old craggy tree
blowing in the breeze
my branches are creaking
so painfully

my veins won't flow
they're frozen tight
I can only think of you
day and night

*

I'm missing June
our limbs entwined
June
the days without time
June
the scent of her air
June
her presence a prayer

I'm missing June

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This song supposes a sentiment Johnny Cash may have felt during a short time between the passing of his wife, June Carter Cash, on May 15, 2003 and his own passing some few months later on September 12, 2003. The song came to be through conversations with one of my subscribers and a friend of his. The idea was put past me, and I thought I might be able to do something with it. I hope I've done the idea some justice. (I thank both of you for allowing me to make this attempt at constructing this song!)

I can say it was a pleasure to review the journey of John and June, seeing interviews and hearing diets from various decades. During the process, I may have found a favorite: the Cash's appearance on Rainbow Quest in 1966.

Thank you, John and June, for such a fine addition to the American canon of song and to American culture and spirit.

=M=