April 1, 2016

APRIL   WISDOM 

One would have to be an April fool

not to see the changes in the scenery

surrounding us each Spring.

Earth erupts with clumps and clods

of dirt that rise and reach - because 

seeds and flowers want the sun and rain.

Wheat, grapes, corn, potatoes, want

resurrection. Plants want to get going

again to feed the earth - and all life on it.

This planet is not stupid. It sees the

barren moon and nothing growing on it,

as well as Mars and beyond. Comparisons

cause - spur -  bring on creations. Planet

earth knows. She shows and knows pregnancies.

She remembers this is how Spring springs.

This round host - Earth - keeps saying,

“This is my body; this is my blood,

I’m giving my life for you …. but  first you

have to sacrifice, to die, to do the work:

the planting,  the growing, the changing, the
rising, the reaching out, over and over again.”

  

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2016