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The Amish
live a simple life,
As when our nation began,
They shun the modern way we live,
Which is all a part of their plan.
A simple
home and garden patch,
A horse and buggy for travel,
No freeway covered in pavement,
Just a lane-way covered in gravel.
We often
speak of the good-old-days,
When life was simple and free,
While they are living the way it was,
The way they want it to be.
While we
are caught up in 'modern life',
They are working the land,
While we are fighting for what we get,
They live as friends, hand-in-hand.
At times
I envy the Amish way,
(Though I love my comforts in life),
They live in a world of bygone years,
And we in a world of strife.
Some day
I will visit the Amish,
And learn of their faith and their ways,
But because I am part of the modern world,
I'll come just to visit, not stay.
by David Ronald Bruce Pekrul
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