Harvest Evening: Golden dust, full wagons, and day's end

Edwin Marsh

The last light of a harvest day settles like dust over a full wagon, and the work finally slows to a walk. This is that hour rendered in sound and quiet reflection: the creak of wheels heavy with grain, the hush that follows a long day's labor, and the particular gratitude that comes from work finished well. Unhurried, golden, and grounding, it is a fitting close to any day, harvest or otherwise.