Just Another Day

An early morning sweat

Pouring like a shower

If only the land was as moist as my skin

But it's not!

So wake up, dry off, take a shower then dry off

It's off to work, because it's time

For a good early morning sweat

Heave! Lift! Leave! Swift!

Inching forward, inching upward

Mother nature now wields her control

Crying from the sky!

Swift comes the storm!

Everybody standing outside

A beautiful high veld storm has arrived

Temperatures, ever so high

Finally show signs, they start to subside

An early morning shower

Tin roof perspires

Dancing with raindrops, the land comes alive

Cattle that was grazing, now wet and grazing

Sheep in the barn now relieved of the blazing

Fury through the night, the storm still in flight

The racket that's keeping me awake

Dawn now approaches, like a flock full of vultures

Before it the storm will surely flake

A moment of peace, a wonderful break

Now look at the puddle that once was a lake

Tomorrow the boss has a new field to rake

And in the sun, I'll receive another early morning sweat

Now the setting is clear

And we pray for a better year but in the end

It's all in just another day