Harvest

The countryside

Teems with life

A bumper crop

Or a poor harvest

The community

Pulls together

The city

Seems to slow

The season change

Sweeps the streets

The community

Hides inside

While whispered wishes

Waft wistfully on the wind

The children

Think of candy

And holidays

Which bring family

And presents

The adults

Think of finances

And holidays

They mourn loss

And work hard

While whispered wishes

Waft wistfully on the wind

The indigenous

Fight for the right

To harvest

The lands

Of their ancestors

The settlers

Stake their claims

And harvest

Their new world

While whispered wishes

Waft wistfully on the wind