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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on November 9, 2026| 1 Comment »


 
 
They’re doomed, of course, 
these calendula seedlings
sprouting all across the garden.
Because it’s November. 
Because even though
the fall was rainy enough
for water-swollen embryos 
to crack open their seed coats, 
even though there was time enough 
for the primary roots to push down 
and the embryonic stems to push up, 
even though there was light enough 
for the shoots to break through the soil, 
for the first true leaves to open 
and do their good green work 
of turning sunlight into food, 
still, the truth is they will freeze.
The truth is they will not have time 
to bud and flower and go to seed. 
As I stand above the dozens of seedlings, 
shaking my head, I swear I hear them say, 
No, honey, you are the one who is doomed
if you think the measure of a life 
depends on how much one blooms, 
doomed if you don’t believe that this, too,
is what we are here to do: 
to break through the tight dry shell 
that has kept you safe
and rise through the darkness into light.
 

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