A SHORT TIME LATER

I wrote this companion poem to GOOD FRIDAY.  

A SHORT TIME LATER

Full of leaf
The world is.
Full of stem and stalk,
Leaf and tree.
Full of apple blossom,
Yellow dandelions and tiny filaments
Blowing everywhere.

Full of lazy snails
Creeping towards dinner.
Full of moths fluttering
Away from hot lights,
Avoiding lit-up candles.

Full of whip-smart ants
Cogitating, thinking hard thoughts
Of nipping and biting,
Of hurting and marking,
Of green leaf cutting.

Full of colour
The world is.
Full of chlorophyll,
Shape and little leaf veins.
Full of silver lines shining.
Where lazy snails danced
As ants devoured a green apple fallen.

Full of leaf,
The world is.
Full of stem and stalk,
Leaf and tree.

Full of spiders.

Tiny, tiny spiders
Weaving tiny, tiny webs
To wrap around cold and frightened shoulders,
To catch apple blossom falling,
To start this lovely world with Love,
All over again.

©2025 Gwen Grant