For Jamie
Somewhere in Sweden
Richard is planting nut trees
he grew from seed.
He won’t see the harvest
during his lifetime.
Gabe is planting the good
life in soil he built up into
a microworld of biodiversity
from North Dakota dirt
dead from years of abuse.
He turned his farm around.
I recently saw a woman
sitting in her garden
listening to
Andrea Bocelli’s
Si album -
humming yes,
along with the bees
and the flowers
and the blue, blue sky.
I know a young woman
who just had a sweet baby man child -
this morning - after much travail.
Jamie is his name.
Jamie was born into a world
where people are being regenerative,
instead of merely sustainable.
They are providing life,
planting fruit,
and creating beauty
for the next generation.
For him.
Beneficials:
Attract them, invite them,
feed them, protect them.
They pollinate the goodness
surrounding us.
Be one yourself. Be a beneficial pollinator.
Life will end when they are gone.
Do it for Jamie.