SPELL OF LIFE

SPELL OF LIFE

The seed lies in the silent dark.
Sun, soil and water light life's spark.

And from the seed there lifts a shoot.
The shoot develops stem and root.

The stem unfolds its first, small leaves.
They drink the light, they breathe the breeze.

Roots cling to earth, absorb the rain;
Support the stem's unfolding frame.

The leaves rise tall, spread on the air;
And finally begin buds there.

And from the buds out-spirals flowers
With scent and hue: bee-pleasing powers.

And as the chance and season suit,
The fertile flowers become the fruit.

The fruit grows ripe and falls to earth…
But in the fruit seeds come to birth.


The fruit is final of life's deeds-
But in earth's silence lie the seeds.