HD22-21

Heartland
By Robert S. C. Cutler
A golden wave ripples across the plains.
The bluest skies stretch for eternity.
A perfect peace fills my heart.
Clouds start to billow to the west;
a threat that is forming yet not realized.
A golden wave ripples across the plains.
Birds burst into flight over the fields.
The perfume of rain wafts on the wind.
A perfect peace fills my heart.
On the horizon, the sky is obscured.
Ominous, black, and forbidding clouds.
A golden wave ripples across the plains.
Distant thunder like the beat of a heart;
an immanent warning of what is to come.
A perfect peace fills my heart.
Curtains of rain refresh the fields.
The Flash of lightning illuminates the darkness.
A golden wave ripples across the plains.
A perfect peace fills my heart.
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