Queen Anne's Lace

Photo:  (c) Jamie K. Reaser

These changes are given to us so that we pay attention

to what is really important, ask questions,

and live restlessly enough to grow into something

earthy and divine.

When her smock arrives in the old fields, shuttling

back and forth in the breeze, I know to

reflect on gratitude:

Have I been inhabiting it well enough?

Summer days are numbered.

I’ve never been able to answer, yes,

but that’s okay. Gratitude is a timeless thing.

You can cast it backwards or forwards and

live into it in any given moment.

And, so, I’m thankful to be in the good

company of white flowers that rise

above the grass,

weaving the fabric of the

human soul.

~ Jamie K. Reaser, Author

From "Plant Songs" (a work in progress)

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