Burning Daylight What Does It Mean
BURNING DAYLIGHT by Kevin L Fairbrother
Burning Daylight what ever does it mean
Could be about your daily routine
Or the hours you work from daylight to dusk
Maybe it means how you use the daylight hours
For your own satisfaction and well-being
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To me it’s about crawling out of bed
After a restless night sleep from the heat
As evident from the crumpled and soaked sheets
As I greet the burning sun’s rays that announce the new day
…
Have to face the new day of heat, dust and flies
What-ever the weather there is work to be done
So it’s on with the shorts, t-shirt and wide brimmed hat
And a liberal smothering of sun screen with high UV
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Gather my pack of bottled water then on my bike with dogs in tow
Down to the long paddock to gather the sheep
Already the shimmering horizon beggar's belief
For the hot dry wind burns the air I’m trying to breathe
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Burning daylight it’s like the earth is on fire
For it saps my energy, dulls my brain and sweat rolls off
Man and dog must be crazy to be burning daylight in this heat
As the temperature climbs to well above 50 degrees
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No shade and no relief from the creek that has run dry
With the dogs panting we gather the sheep and lambs
And push on to the homestead and out of the heat dust and flies
For there will be shelter, shade and cool water to drink
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I sit on the porch the dog at my feet and enjoy a feed and a drink
As the daylight hours fade away to a night sky
But there is no relief for the heat still lingers and burns
I know I will be facing the burning of daylight hours yet again
Copyright © Kevin Fairbrother | Year Posted 2015
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