"This Wasn't Norway"

"This Wasn't Norway"

Greg Budig 2021

Gravel roads wind 

passed forgotten farms.

Remnants of dreams 

started before you and I 

traveled this way. 

This wasn't Norway

they all said...

but it will do. 

 

The prairie was settled 

by dreamers and fools. 

Desolate and flat like 

an unbroken slate. 

Breaking the sod and 

calling it home. 

Casting their dreams 

to the relentless wind. 

A horizon that never 

really seemed to end. 

Surrounded by tall grasses, 

glacial rocks and the sky. 

Unlimited possibilities 

and never ending toil.

Setting their roots 

on the prairie. 

Distance was everywhere as 

they gazed across the plains. 

Changing the landscape,

trying to make it theirs.

Immigrants settled the 

endless vast prairie. 

This wasn't Norway...

but it will do. 

The End