Thursday, September 1, 2022

The Garden

 The Garden

 

By John Kaniecki

 

I am, he is, she was, we will be

 

The brutal sun shines, and has shined, and will shine some more,

Jah twirling a diamond

diadem of creation

as if on top an oak staff spinning in hand

Sprinkling hues of light

Lavender, purple, rose, pink

A recreation of darkest carbon

 

Somber winds soar over the sea

Kissing his lover

Making waves of emotion

with white caps of ecstasy

sunlight penetrates

warmth birthing clouds

White laughter, darker shades of doom

Blown over vast expanses of perishing Mother Earth

 

Children, crying, yearning

Trees rustling leaves dancing poetically

Tall grass moaning, yellowish brown, swaying

Cows skeletal stomachs seeking sustenance

To fill hollow empty caverns

Creeks now depressed passages,

foul smelling mud

cracked or at best damp, a frowning face

Agonized depression in unified appeals

To heaven

Help us
Jah

 

Crackling thunder, boom, boom, barroom!!

Announcing what is to come

Scattering flocks fly, fluttering confused wings

Scurrying creatures search for shelter

Wilderness senses satisfying salvation

A solitary drop splattering

Suddenly a sensation of satisfaction

More and more the rain does poor

Lightning slashes slaying a tree

For the long prolonged climax

 

Hard, dry ground rejecting its deepest desire

Water denied gathers as

the onslaught unmercifully falls

Parched land produces puddles

Currents come into existence

The creek normally gentle and swaying

Transformed to a river rapidly roaring

Increasing intensity dissecting the banks caving in

Cutting and taking

branches, twigs, leaves, logs

All whisk down toward the sea

A rock rambles and rolls on the bottom

emancipated from its grave

 

Aftermath

A refreshed reality

The Storm of the Latter Rain, a Storm of Eternity

Civilization in cataclysmic ruin

Armageddon

In renewed compassion we weep

for the multitudes

dead

 

The digital age has died

Technology terminated

Nobody cried nor cared

We were lost

We will not be lost in worry

 

A single cricket sings as a hushed creation listens

 

Thirsty, Jah stoops to drink from the creek

Water refreshing crystal clear

Lapping slippery liquid satisfying his thirst

A sparkle catches his eye

Intrigued he dives into

A baptism, he shivers resisting bitter cold

Clutching out towards the stone

Reborn he gazes upon the diamond in wonder

A token for his Love

We have forever returned to the garden

This time with wisdom



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