Alive! 

Beneath the canopies 

of Lemon Queens 

with the beetles 

and worms, my fingers 

search the soil like roots, catching

bits of dirt in the crevices 

under my nails.

Looking up, I see 

those thousand waving suns, 

and gold finches dashing, 

plucking the seeds

which fall sometimes to hide 

in the earth.

I think the seeds feel 

that vivacious sun

and summer earth 

caressing their hearts

until they sprout 

and are alive. Maybe

I won’t return but grow, instead,

with the Lemon Queens 

to learn the secrets of

their golden manes.

Thank you for reading! I wrote this poem in 2011. It’s hard to believe it’s almost a decade old, but it still makes me smile.

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