SHADOWS AND SNOW

Frozen like a photograph,

looking at a picture 

for just one brief moment,

shadows on snow …

but like our words

snow melts into the ground,

shadows move into corners

of the garden and then disappear

into the night. What remains?

What remains is the earthen clay

God sculpted us from and

from which we rose

and now stand on and

like trees of life we are branching

up and out for sky and space

and each other and this chance

to celebrate - to enjoy these 
moments here in our small space

of earth, in our garden, till we melt,

till we break, till our short time

on earth is up and hopefully

someone saw our presence.

someone saw our shadow,
someone forgave us,

and someone loved us

rib to rib - in our turn to play
our part in life's big play:
Everyman - as Adam, 
Everywoman - as Eve.

© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2014

Cf. Genesis 2: 5 to 3: 24