RECOVERY

Recovery is a season, 

not a one day resolution 

or a blurted out promise - 

because of a dirty ongoing disaster. 

It takes time. 

Even if it’s autumn or winter, 

it’s a springtime …. 

It’s when birds return, 

when green begins to bud, 

when windows are umphed open, 

and if we want tomatoes in season, 

we need to get out and hoe, 

dig and plant and water 

and put up fence 

to keep out the rabbits. 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018