HARVEST OF CORN
Each hard drawn grain
eeked from earth's experience
becomes a pattern of the whole.
In my time of less wisdom
I thought to become a large field
of flaxen waving wheat
covering a vast part of the land.
Yet now I know each kernel
I glean
speaks part of my truth
fitting together, side by side
in the gentle spiral of life.
Kaaren Whitney
Lammas 2001
