Southern Winter by Marion

My Louisiana Pines & Moon

Southern Winter

Rain, rain, rain.

Humidity & teasingly

warm Southern air.

Ah, zone 9 winters,

so like life:  unpredictable.

Cold.

Sadness sandwiched between

the rain-plastered leaves on

the Goji Berry bush.

Low, dark, menacing (tornado?)

clouds:

The not-knowing,

the storm-fear---

season of death teasing life...

an annual event...

keeps you on your toes:

WAKE UP!

Winter:

always pregnant with Spring

here in the South---

bulbs push skyward

before Christmas.

Tiny new leaves

sprouting at the

base of the Goji bush---

roots exposed from

brutal rains...

Note to self:  add soil,

and mulch...again.

LifeDeathLifeDeath,

tied eternally together

from the moment

of conception.

Ouroboros alchemy,

cycles of samsara.

Born to die or

born to live?

Your choice.

Namaste.

1/25/17