Nature's astonishing resiliency
surprised me again this week
as the soaking rains revived so many plants
drained of life from the long months of drought.
The bright pink Oxalis have pushed through the once baked soil.
The yarrow, flattened on the rocks, brown and dry,
now springs to life, fully green, feathery and upright,
restored from recent rains.
I see many live oaks with dried, brown leaves,
sadly standing with their roots stranded
in a parched pocket of earth.
The rains came too late for some.
Today I will gather yarrow leaves
and smell the pungent fragrance
as I press their lacy outlines
into the moist clay slabs,
capturing
the astonishing resiliency of nature
in a vessel I can share with you.
Hope the coming autumn revives your senses, Susie Fowler, the Shade Tree POTTER
