So much to celebrate, so much to mourn. Here’s something I’ve been formulating this week, still in embryo stage.
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What does growth look like from up above?
Oh look look!
A wisp of green
A sprout, a shoot!
Twin baby petals, lushly dainty
Unfolding miracle
Pulsing life
And the color!
The radiant, vibrant, thirst-quenching color
Delicate tendrils
Elegant shape
This is how growth looks from up above.
What does growth look like from down below?
All this greening comes at a price
The desperate straining
Reaching upward, panicked for air
Oppressed by layers without
Torn by strivings within
Yearning for light
There must be more!
Put out a root
Groaning and travail
The stretching
And shattering
The reaching inward for depleted resources
All that I have tried to hold together is crumbling around me
This is how growth looks from down below.
This is so profound, Sis! With my sickness I’ve felt so much of the “down below” suffocations. Like, “You can’t really be doing this to me, God. I can’t survive!” It’s panic mode. But really recently I’ve felt some breakthroughs and actually caught some glimpses of the growth from up above. It’s then that I can’t be thankful enough for the insight of the Master Botanist. He knows the process will be hard. It will, in fact, require death. But He sees what we will become and He pushes us to greater heights. And my heart thrills at how good He is to still work on us when we cry, “NO!”
This resonated with me. It put words to some mental puzzles of mine.
It’s a beautiful piece of writing, too. 🙂
beautiful!