“That a pansy is transitive, is its only pang.” ~Emily Dickinson
Earth can always be broken
stirred and planted
made new
the gardener knows this
and the miracle it holds
but men still build
monuments
cement driveways and parking lots
he only sees what he wants to see
but like the gardener, children see greater things
spirits and miracles of
what can be
an unearthed flower that was once but a buried seed
for the flower is a poem of both earth and of sky
and reaches beyond the doorway of an old man's eyes
it is the true architecture of God.
Note: I wanted to write this in honor of Earth Day and in honor of all the trees that have been cut down. Where I live there are no codes nor ordinances for building around trees, they just cut them all down and wonder why we are having so many flooding issues.
It is sad on so many levels; the carelessness, the damage, and the loss!
"it is the true architecture of God" - wonderful!
ReplyDeleteMy father was a farmer. When he was in the city he would always lament "Soon the world is going to be covered with cement!" The flower is truly a poem of earth and sky, and a balm for weary souls!
ReplyDeleteHaunts of "Big Yellow Taxi" song, "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."
ReplyDeleteIt hurts to see, it hurts to flood. (In 1979 we had 33 inches of water in our Friendswood house from a creek we normally couldn't see, a quarter of a mile away.)
Nicely told for Earth Day, and Week, 2021.
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It distresses me when trees are cut down. Wonderful poem for Earth Day, Carrie.
ReplyDeleteGardeners and children, the wise and the wiser .... a lovely poem, Ms. Carrie.
ReplyDeleteSmooth flowing down the page, a poignant honoring of trees under siege.
ReplyDeleteGardeners and children, see with a different eye. We need more greenery and less concrete. Beautiful written.
ReplyDeleteGlorious poem!
ReplyDeleteWe should probably listen to children more, and have a less cement-centric world. Nice one, Carrie.
ReplyDeleteWe never learn... people say "green" but worry only about their axe they grind. It should be an holistic approach to recovery. But it never will be.
ReplyDeleteA fitting tribute for Earth Day.
"for the flower is a poem of both earth and of sky"
ReplyDeleteWow!!! Such a beautiful thought.
Thanks for dropping by to read mine Carrie
Much💛love
To think of living trees and the see cement in their place is sinful.
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