The bud
Stands for all things
For everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing
Though sometimes it is necessary
To reteach a thing its loveliness,
To put a hand on the brow
Of the flower
An retell it in words and in touch
Until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing.
This poem which is just a portion of the whole thing was written by Galway Kinnell. It is part of the book Ten Poems To Open Your Heart.
My thoughts:
Life is a continuing process of beginnings and endings. A bud grows like a baby fresh from her mother’s womb and you wait for her to cry signifying life. You wait for the bud to bloom and you’ll see how it will look when fully grown.
We nurture, we water it with love. It teaches us that there is something truly wonderful in what nature brings. It teaches us to be a little patient when waiting just like life itself. Days become months and months become years. Sometimes we do encounter those vicissitudes in life and our success or failure depend on our attitude towards it.
The bud stands for all things….
It’s the fullness of life truly lived.
(Wrote this before reading Roger Housden’s interpretation of the poem)
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