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Perennials
BARREN
she sits contemplating
dark earth bare
it's structure diverse
worms are busily chewing, burrowing
their slippery skin
turning over rich soil
SEEDS OF HOPE
in her hands she holds
many seeds
tossing them to their soil grave
showering them
in a gentle bath
they are swallowed whole
THE BURSTING
hard shells soften in dewey turf
cracking open like an egg
slowly, deliberately, for days
throwing hairy roots into dirt
with the force of a bullet
seed now a protective helmet
THE RISING
raising their covered heads
color green deepening
seeds split wide, no longer enveloping
leaves that protrude
breaking free from their small prison
they spring into unparalleled growth
FLOURISH
how quickly the stems
become shooting stars
reaching for the blue light
leaves breaking free from their
tubular threshold
small buds nestled in leaf axis
BECOMING
greening buds swell
a quickening of anticipation
the birthing of fragrant blossoms
unveiled, outer leaves break open
petals protrude and extend towards light
unraveling in warm yellow
BLOOM
where you are planted
she sits contemplating
dark earth bare
it's structure diverse
worms are busily chewing, burrowing
their slippery skin
turning over rich soil
SEEDS OF HOPE
in her hands she holds
many seeds
tossing them to their soil grave
showering them
in a gentle bath
they are swallowed whole
THE BURSTING
hard shells soften in dewey turf
cracking open like an egg
slowly, deliberately, for days
throwing hairy roots into dirt
with the force of a bullet
seed now a protective helmet
THE RISING
raising their covered heads
color green deepening
seeds split wide, no longer enveloping
leaves that protrude
breaking free from their small prison
they spring into unparalleled growth
FLOURISH
how quickly the stems
become shooting stars
reaching for the blue light
leaves breaking free from their
tubular threshold
small buds nestled in leaf axis
BECOMING
greening buds swell
a quickening of anticipation
the birthing of fragrant blossoms
unveiled, outer leaves break open
petals protrude and extend towards light
unraveling in warm yellow
BLOOM
where you are planted
Published 17th Jul 2019
| Edited 18th Jul 2019
Author's Note
Let the smallest beauty in the world shatter you open regularly
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18th Jul 2019 1:11am
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18th Jul 2019 5:35am
macro-detailing yet a time-lapsed capture of hope amidst all...in the versing sequences & sub-heads...
"BLOOM- where you are planted" ...connotes some deep rootedness & a belongingness in a destiined demarcating spacetime...streses the purpose greatly as a beautiful manifestation Je Je. reads fine & full of gleaming hope ...write on more x:)
"BLOOM- where you are planted" ...connotes some deep rootedness & a belongingness in a destiined demarcating spacetime...streses the purpose greatly as a beautiful manifestation Je Je. reads fine & full of gleaming hope ...write on more x:)
18th Jul 2019 3:15pm
Beautifully observed with always an extra dimension added at each stage. Perennials are definitely a living demonstration of sustainability.I especially like the closing words "BLOOM / where you are planted" - there's so much in that.
18th Jul 2019 5:31pm
Gorgeously insightful. I have been over it carefully several times, just basking in it's organic truth.
