Shonta Norwood

Siya

Siya wiped her forehead as she watched the sunset over the hills, she was exhausted and the heaviness of the basket that was tied around her waist did not help her feel any better. As always, she was the only person left in the coffee bean fields; the other workers had left hours ago but this did not bother her. She would stay as long as she had to until her basket was filled;. “Done” she whispered, standing and stretching her back. She looked over the endless rows of coffee bean fields that stretched over the land past what her eyes could see , “Feels like my dreams, they are as endless as the coffee bean fields.” She shook her head clearing her thoughts as she had to hurry home before it got too dark. She was grateful for the coolness of dirt against her feet as she made her way through the path. With each step she took deep breaths of air until it was no longer thick with the greenery of the fields, this meant that she was close to her home. The sound of a familiar cry in the distance caught her attention, Siya held on to the basket of coffee beans and picked up her pace almost running towards the sound.