Nature was Kind

A mouse scatters and a snake
Rattles as our feet
Fall soft against the field

Dust and light create a song
Three of us walk along
Caught up among the grain

I see my father in front of me
And I hear my brother behind
Fishing poles bobbing in unity
I thought that nature was kind
O I thought that nature was kind

Socks tattered
And our legs battered
by the thorns and twigs among the grain

Now my father hums a song
Three of us walk along
And hope that it won't rain

He backed his truck right up to the pond
And pushed all the cat-tails aside
We pulled the cat-fish into the bed
I thought that nature was kind
O I thought that nature was kind

Day scatters and a fire
Crackles as our breath
Blows smoke into the night

Fire and stars create a song
We stretch, our day was long
Caught up among the grain

I see the fire slowly burning out
And I see the coals turning white
I crawl into the tent early now
I thought that nature was kind
O I thought that nature was kind