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Easter: Life Renewed

3/28/2016

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Just when the caterpillar thought it was dead, it became a butterfly.
 Metaphor I

The oak tree blooms 
Today-Easter Sunday, 
Creates seeds that become
Acorns to nourish-
Jay, squirrels, turkeys, deer.
Acorns to root,
Sprout and grow
Into sturdy trees 
Themselves.
Life regenerated.

-MW




Metaphor II

Tiny caterpillar on a leaf,
Alone, unnoticed,
Crawls and chews,
Chews and crawls,
Grows bigger and bigger,
Sheds its skin
And grows some more,
Until it is time…
Finds a branch,
Hangs from a thread,
Still, as if dead,
But then emerges,
Transformed,
Free to fly
Heavenward.
​Miracle of Life.

​-MW

An epigram a day:

Gain and loss go hand in hand.

For some it is the night that follows the light and for others it is the light that follows the night.


Ecstasy is a blend of life and death.

Life can't be changed, it changes.

Change often brings unexpected change in its wake.

Everything that is, is primarily intent upon being

The miracle of life and death is beyond human ken. 
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A Paean to Life

All life should be treasured!
This I long did doubt.
Years it took and growth
Before my mind and heart
Were sage enough to think so.

All life's an awesome miracle
And every living thing
Reflects that glow and wonder
that's beyond all ken,
That comes and goes arcanely.

That there are animals,
Plants, bacteria,
Life forms of every ilk,
In endless variety,
Cannot but awe and rapture!

That water, air and earth
Teem with complex life,
That life adapts, evolves
And thereby stays alive,
Cannot but awe and humble!

That humans can feel and think
And replicate themselves,
That birds can sing and fly,
Elephants mate and mourn,
Cannot but awe and puzzle!

That spiders spin silk webs
To catch their wary fare,
That chickens lay their eggs
And eggs bring forth their chicks,
Cannot but awe and amaze!

That flowers blush and smell
And bless the earth with seeds,
That acorns will be oaks
And trees become a forest,
Cannot but awe and silence!

We cannot but stand in awe
Of life's many mysteries.
Describe what we can and do,
Know we never will,
But treasure life we can and should!

​-JM 








​Piccogram:

​I do not worry about death,
I do not know a heaven,
I only know the life here and now.
And that is my leaven.  
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