Country Road
Country Road
Rolled carpets of lawn lie, on a shaven bed
A bed that only a month ago, looked barren and dead
While in another paddock, one of pure contentment
Sit dozens of wooly ewes all with their minds bent
On dreaming of fulfillment; or suckling fluffy lambs
Or perhaps having a frolic, with their favorite rams
And now there spreads a blanket, as far as I can see
Composed of a zillion tiny flowers - weeds, presumably
A mixture of purple and pink, and rich chartreuse
As a ray of sunlight highlights delicate hues
Successions of rays follow now, flooding the whole plain
With new energy and color, before the next bout of rain
Car-sized boulders of granite, surround me now
Like mysterious permanent entities, and I wonder how
They came to be here, in a paddock of their own
Except for the fat merinos, always on the roam
Maybe the boulders rolled here; down from the mountain top
But they're firmly planted now, like surrounding crops
These boulders large and small, had no supervision
Unlike Stonehenge, with its sense of precision
Imagine what they've seen since the ice slowly melted
While weathering nature's blows, as they remain unsheltered
From the wrath of nature, from above and below
And how pretty they'd look, lightly covered in snow
As I quietly move along now; not driving fast
Three majestic eagles rise, from tall ochre grass
Their wing spans are enormous; their beaks bent and mean
These un-caged eagles are the first I've ever seen
They were only fifteen feet away, but then flew up to a tree
Where their gray and fawn feathers, blended in perfectly
Fields of vibrant colors, now, catch my eye
While I'm delighted to see, more rainclouds in the sky
And the wildflowers of delicate and cool-colored hues
Like cobalt, lavender and various other blues
Along with rust-colored grass bordered with lime-green
Turn this country road into, the prettiest road I've seen.
oOo
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Copyright © Sophie Boswell | Year Posted 2015
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