A summer afternoon
some weeks with little rain
the sky darkened in the west
Rows of corn and soybeans stand
wait
vulnerable
No choice have they
on weather serves
they simply, purely, wait
With me and friends
oh we talk about
chew eschew
wait also
But we watch the sky
ponder the clouds
check the radars and the net
Our churches join to pray
daily, we do too
and wait

Lin 05/05