A long long wait - Magpie Tales #64

here i am with babe in arms

my day is almost done

i've tilled the soil

i've planted seeds

i've raced against the sun

the life of a cattle musterers wife

is not an easy life

the days are long

theres much to do

each days layden with new strife

it's an unforgiving place to dwell

i feel lonely and bereft

the land divides for miles each way

to the right & to the left

there is not another soul in sight

it's as isolating as can be

especially when my husbands gone

working this land of upredictable diversity

those weeks of waiting for his return

from mustering cattle in a far awat place

are perpetually long and hard to endure

I long to hold and see his face

By KMF

Inspired by photo prompt @ Magpie Tales