Eight-line Poems 2

Baled Hay

Baled Hay

The words remind me of another time
when strength still ruled in these old bones
and innocent I agreed to help a friend
spread hay upon his smallholding strawbs
then to find that baled hay weighs a ton
and a day spent throwing them around
brings the sweat hot and powdered with grit
to the face and the body aching with strain.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 04.23.25
Prompt: Baled hay.