Cloistered in spaces unseen
gifts in crevices found
the colors of life grow wild in my life.
Rising in strength to become
a hanging cluster of goodness
lingering in shadows
but still hanging on.
I’ve waited for these things,
the beauty of life beneath
an awkward sun burns
to touch pavement beneath tired feet.
Coming days, months, years
awaken in their splendor
to find me waiting with open hands.
Tiny beings like dreams
wait to be plucked from the fertile mind,
and I return to find
the places I’d forgotten
still stand in glory,
the figment of want fulfilled.
This image, if it sticks, is a banana tree in my yard. It has been growing for years, yet never produced. Imagine my surprise to see the wisps of purple flower petals upon the ground…and in the tree, the gift of fruit, finally. I now have four bunches on four different trees. I love bananas, but this bounty is too much. My neighbors will be well fed.