a ‘farm community’
but it’s bigger than one might think
It stretches over farmers
no matter where their land
Soldiers have their trenches
where many a battle is fought
and those who lay the pipes and cables
and those who dig the footings
all are part of the soil
With farmers it is food
enabled by the soil
don’t you dare call it dirt
it’s mysterious and fascinating
we’re discovering more and more
Growing, producing food
is a noble call for certain
after air and water we need it
all the days of our lives
and here again come farmers
with ‘gentlemen’s agreements’
Their word their bond
a gift to all who work with them
Come trouble and they join together
putting their own work on hold
to help their neighbors
through thick and thin
amazing to behold
how they help each other
Gentlemen, and farmers
honoring each other and their families
teams in motion
working, praying, sustaining
themselves and multitudes of others
Selah, Lin March 2015
American farmers: 1 feeds 155
I believe…in miracles…