A Thought For The New Year
At Peace
A hard dark, almost black pit deposited
In this ancient Greek soil
Cracks open to reveal a shoot, a sapling.
Cultivation and care yields a powerful trunk,
Wild olives are not nearly as fertile.
Multi-jointed branches emerge
Intertwining gracefully for centuries.
At their fingertips silvery fruit that makes oil to light our way.
--Brette Popper