Spiritual Direction

Monday, October 19, 2020

Deeply Rooted

 

Windflowers
(because they are deeply rooted,
with a nod to Psalm 1 and St Paul)

Tall
and graceful,
supple dancers
straining heavenward,
though no one tends them,
swaying in the slightest breeze
storm-blown but not broken
in autumn as others fade
cheery pink and yellow 
welcoming faces
hosting hungry
bees.







2 comments:

  1. So beautiful! The flowers and the way you wrote this.

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  2. Thanks, Jean. It came out of a reflection about being ever more deeply rooted in God and my recently deceased friend's stand of windflowers and how, in spite of our drought, they bloomed on and on. I thought I'd have fun playing with the words, and so I did :)

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