Iowa

By: Aaron Peterson

When I think of Iowa,

I think of cattle,

I think of the rattle under the road,

driving by humble abodes.

I imagine cornfields,

I imagine barns,

driving by the farms,

I hear the rumble of tractors,

the thunder in the sky during summertime,

I smell the stink of the cows,

we should be nearly there now,

driving to my grandpa’s house,

I truly think of Iowa,

and when I do I think of me,

but more importantly my family.

Iowa isn’t just a state,

it’s something that comes to mind,

as I pull into the gate to my grandpa’s house,

it’s like a section in my heart that says who I am