November 28,, 2020
PLANTING AND PICKING FRUIT
He spent six months buying and then
planting cherry, apple, pear and plum
trees – all around the property he had
recently bought – after coming home
from 5 long years fighting in a foreign land.
It was what kept him alive in battle and in
terror – seeing trees growing, blossoming,
reaching for the blue skies – seeing pies
and jams and hands holding delicious
cherries, apples, pears and plums.
planting cherry, apple, pear and plum
trees – all around the property he had
recently bought – after coming home
from 5 long years fighting in a foreign land.
terror – seeing trees growing, blossoming,
reaching for the blue skies – seeing pies
and jams and hands holding delicious
cherries, apples, pears and plums.
Life: an orchard, a wife and kids, family
at the kitchen table, at work, with dirt on
hands and the scent of fruit on flannel
shirts and blue jeans – and God enough to
wipe away the scent of those he killed in battle.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
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