Work and Peace
What is destiny on a farm
on a farm full of life
full of vegetables and herbs,
of chickens and goats,
of pigs and dogs,
of people who
rise with the roosters and
leap into life
to mow fields
to mend fences
to tend gardens
to milk goats
to bake bread
to make soap
to feed flocks
to heave hay to herds
to clean coops
and call it a day
and sip iced tea with fresh mint sprigs
on the back porch swing
and give thanks for the beauty of it all
and shower to cool down sweat-drenched bodies
and rinse the day’s dirt down the drain
and bring in the wind-dried sheets that smell
fresh like sunshine and breeze
that bring clean, deep sleep
to people who say blessings over farm-to-table meals,
who work hard
who drive slowly
who live intentionally
as one with the land
at peace within?
Destiny IS the farm!