What Will You Sacrifice?

Fields of green give way to brown

Bring forth the fruit of Mother’s crown

What will you sacrifice

To bring the harvest home?

 

Pale white sun burns through the haze

Fleeting fast these shorter days

What will you sacrifice

To bring the harvest home?

 

Blue sky awash with wispy clouds

That sail away from summer now

What will you sacrifice

To bring the harvest home?

 

Rainbow river reflects the world

Embracing death beneath shining swirls

What will you sacrifice

To bring the harvest home?

 

Yellow moon on the rise

Shining full ‘cross autumn skies

What will you sacrifice

To bring the harvest home?

 

Great red oak—bronze leaves held tight

Whispers cold on dark windy nights

What will you sacrifice

To bring the harvest home?

 

Golden fire warms the hearth

From crackling log to ash and earth

What will you sacrifice

To bring the harvest home?

 

To blackest black the embers fade

In winter’s sleep new dreams are laid

What will you sacrifice

To bring the harvest home?

 

 

Thomas Hubbard (10/2005)

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