April Asides

Spring is here again and I am endlessly grateful for the persistent, resilience of our earth. Gratitude to the return of growth and the unfolding, unfurling of our spirits entwining through within, and as one another reaching toward the sun. 

A poem by John Soos

“To be of the Earth is to know 

the restlessness of being a seed 

the darkness of being planted 

the struggle toward the light 

the pain of growth into the light 

the joy of bursting and bearing fruit 

the love of being food for someone 

the scattering of your seeds 

the decay of the seasons 

the mystery of death and 

the miracle of birth.”