(personal photo)
covers pull back
expose her bare toes
she holds her breath
until the moment
he teaches her to walk
Tag Archives: growth
Stealth
(photo credit: imprm@countach.fm)
Whispering winds carry secrets
over sleepy city streets
gather and swirl
unsuspecting thoughts
Exhausted dwellers walk
through zombie days
focus on one foot
in front of the other
Up and down, over and under
air moves in stealth
a silent intruder
Scarves wrap against it
coats button it out
still it continues
growing
until it Howls
Guide
Weathered hands
mapped by lines of experience
gently pick up a shrivelled, dry seed.
Tan, calloused skin dwarfs the grain.
Slow, deliberate movement
rolls the seed between perceptive
thumb and fingers.
Rich, black dirt
tenderly accepts the buried offering.
Wise blue eyes observe patiently
from a distance.
Delicate green sprigs
burst through soft loam.
Pale and fragile new growth erupts
disoriented
by new surroundings.
Sunlight sends warm caresses.
Strength flows through its golden glow.
With inspired confidence the plant
deliberately stretches for the light.
When contact is made with a solid wall on the left,
new shoots and blossoms are sent to the right.
A vision of rich shades grows.
Thick, green leafy vines.
White and pink petals.
A triumphant shock of compressed energy
strives toward a radiant sky.
Petals soon fall.
Vines thicken, become brittle.
Naked seeds stand exposed on stems.
Knowledgeable hands pluck them
as they dry and shrivel.
New growth contained within their tiny husks
will not be forgotten.
They, too, will push through the soil
refreshed
recharged
jubilant.
Seed
A humble seed cracks
slowly sheds weather worn shell
bold artist emerges
Summer Snowstorm
Majestic old growth
when storm passes, leaf litter
snowman camouflaged