Green, and full of life

 

Perhaps each new year

is a reincarnation of the last,
a recycling of failed days
and disappointing moments.

Throw the left-over frustrations,

the kitchen-scrap resentments,
unwanted stinging weeds and discarded
bitter clippings of the old year
into the cosmic compost bin.
Wait, then, for gentle processes
of judgement-warmth,
grace-filled mould,
welcoming worms
and the good bacteria of forgiving decomposition,
to be made complete,
reducing unpleasant corruption
to timely dark humus.

Spread it over the naked and freshly-dug year

with a quiet prayer;
trust in the divine unfolding
of seasons, sometimes painful,
always new,
and never quite expected.

Watch with wonder and delight

as hopeful shoots emerge to be nurtured,
green, and full of life.

© Ken Rookes