Gone To Seed

Seeds are marvellous mini-miracles.

To look at them, one would never suspect

that inside each tiny package,

a seed,

dry and wrinkled,

some no bigger than a grain of sand,

Could contain the power of

Transformation!

If you didn't witness it with your own eyes

would you believe it at all?

To begin this transformation

the plant must first come

completely undone.

It drops this gift-wrapped,

blueprint of itself

to the ground

Where it must remain

buried deep

in the dark

earth

Until the light

calls it back

to life

Miracles occur in the most unlikely places.

~

There are more miracles

in a square yard

of earth

than in all the fables

of the world.

Fool's Gold

The setting sun

paints the sky with gold

bathing everything

in a delicious

golden glow.

Fool's gold,

but I'll take it.

Helps me forget

it's still

winter.

Starlight

Sunlight finds this Clematis seed head;

I imagine it's like looking into

the middle of a

Star.

The Birth of the Unconquerable Sun

The sun is a primal source of all light and warmth on Earth.

In winter,

as the sun takes its lowest path across the sky,

we languish in its absence

and seek other comforts

for our shorter days and longer nights.

We needn't worry.

As the Earth continues along its elliptical orbit,

the birth of the unconquerable sun is just around the corner.