Spring cares not of dates or time—
the earth turns, the axis shifts...
warmth returns to frozen ground.
Rains come to green the grass
coaxing buds to spread their leaves.
Flowers explode in pastel profusion.
There is a lesson here
that a power larger than us exists.
It controls the things that we cannot.
Call it nature or miracle, science or grace.
It exists in spite of us—
in spite of the reckless will of man.
A gift for our reckoning…
a reminder for the apathetic,
a call that coexistence, not resistance,
is not only the best, but the only
way to live.
We may think we dominate the world
yet from the slightest to the largest
each creature has a role to play.
Remember, we are but one
of over eight million species
perspective is everything
© Ginny Brannan 2019
Image: Charles Parant, Appetite for Photos. Used with expressed written permission.
Yes...we may think we dominate the world...not so. Thought provoking. Good piece, Ginny.
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