On Drought

There are no signs of rain in the blue and gray sky For many months it has been so very dry The cracked and bare earth it is crying out for rain But in the long range weather forecast the drought will remain The farm dams almost dry and the paddocks looking bare With scarce enough of grass for to sustain a hare A forecast high for the day of twenty nine degrees With all of the moisture sucked from the land denuded of trees In the drought ravaged land far from the nearest town Top soil blowing in the wind from the earth dry and brown Without any trees ground moisture to retain The drought ravaged paddocks are crying out for rain The farmer a sad looking man to behold The last of his cattle and sheep he has sold.