Maybe It's Not so Bad

by Rita Smebak

 

I didn't know that even with the whole world at my grasp

I still might want to call Roseau my home

 

I didn't know that I like life on a farm

Out in the country

Spacious acreage isolating me

Keeping out all the chaos

 

I didn't know that I might miss the colours of the country

The yellow of the canola contrasting the purple-blue of the flax

 

I didn't know how much I'd miss the rhythm of DJ's canter beneath me

The wind in my hair as we take the field for our own

Conquering it

 

I didn't know that maybe, just possibly, I might miss this place that I've spent my whole life