The Leafing Out of Pecan Trees
Be patient.
Wait.
It will happen.
Pecan trees, like all trees, like all plants,
Like some thinkers and saintly mystics,
Roughly match their life in the earth
To their life above ground.
As the earth tilts and turns
The root system grows to match
The ongoing singularities of creation.
The pecan trees will show their leaves
Suddenly one morning.
Two days after a heavy rain.
Green leaves will begin to take form, and
In two days: see patient waiting
rewarded.
--April 18, 2013 |