THIS LAND
By John Reddin
This land is harsh
This land is dry
This land can sometimes
make you cry.
The winter comes
The winter goes
We only hear the
sound of Crows
My son is six
He's seen no rain
We look up to the
sky in vain
A cloud appears
Our hope is high
But still the land
retains the dry
"The day will come"
My father said.
I hope it
comes before I'm dead
A dust storm gathers
In the West
To crush
our hope like all the rest
And where once stood
A noble steed
A grim reminder of no feed
The bank is looking
At It's books
They'll
hang us out to dry on hooks
We live in hope
We live with strain
We live to see the sight of rain
Paul Keating, once,
With no regrets,
Said, "this is As good, as it gets"
This land is harsh
This land is dry
This land can sometimes make you cry.