“Did you grow this?”
my friend asks
biting into a juicy, red
tomato from
my garden.
Yes, I reply casually,
as though I had
single-handedly
orchestrated
the remarkable
series of events
that transformed
modest, mild-mannered seeds
into vibrant, voluptuous
vine-ripened tomatoes –
as though I were
a director and star
of the vast production
that brought them to life,
rather than
a minor player
in a miraculous
drama of creation
in which
the plants
are the talented
stars,
the living Earth
the writer and
director,
the sun and water
key supporting players,
and soil microbes
the cast of thousands
that make it
all possible.
~ from https://eco-farm.org/sites/default/files/documents/
Conference Session/post/5628-KaiSiedenburg-Poems for
Eco-Farm session.pdf
