Do you see what I see?

by JLR

Pray tell, have you ever held corn seeds
in the hollow of your palms?

Did you see dull yellow, hard to the touch,
kernels that looked like all the life had
been sucked out with a wet vacuum?

Or ... Did you see shimmering snow melting,
up high in the mountains, turning from
trickles to flowing volumes of water
unified, gathering into a downward
gushing waters forming creeks and streams
finally becoming rivers that gracefully

empty into the oceans?

Then looking even closer,

did you see the forever rising sun
on the eastern horizon gathering a glow
to warm the ocean waves

turning water into transparent
vapors to once again form

billowing, fluffy as a pillow, clouds?

Perhaps, then did you see, then,

with your minds-eye
the rolling of clouds,

darkening the landscape

as the precious water vapor
formed into larger droplets falling
with a rhythmic pitter-patter onto the fields
where these now planted kernels of corn
magically drink nature's life-giving elixir?

Would you be amazed watching, day after day,
these kernels push mighty strong stocks from
under the tilled soil into the warm sun-drenched
blue skies, where tassels and florets form ears of
sweet juicy corn, cocooned in vibrant green husks?

I hope you did see and do see what I see too,
then perhaps, we might understand
our need to protect Mother Earth.

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Free Verse Poetry Contest contest entry

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#103
June
2022

A free verse poem -

Far too often throughout my life - I never took the time to see the majesty right before my eyes. Take something simple like a seed (kernel) of corn and look at what it takes to turn that kernel into a crop that feeds nations. God stuff ... for certain!

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A free verse poem about kernels of corn

A chapter in the book Heart Crafted Poems - 2022

Do you see what I see?

by JLR

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