Saturday, January 26, 2019

A Patch of Weeds

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Patches of weeds
Are where honeybees grow
Where grasshoppers live
Where field mice make their communities

And the fragrance is more wild
Less stable and consistent
Now you smell it, now you don’t
Flower and musk and herb and dew

But here there is mercy
A grace beyond the regal and cultivated
Generosity of life, benevolent stamina
The endurance of that which has not allowed itself to be tamed.

Can you save us, patch of weeds
Untamed tangle of chaos and life?
We are desperate for your blessing
For your motley masses of flora and fauna

Bring us back to communion with the wild
To life overbearing and uncontrollable
To earthy vitality and uncivilized grace
Save me, patch of weeds.


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