OFFERING
by David Radavich
From one day
to the next
seems a difference
between drought
and flood,
corporations
and the poor.
Should we pack
our suitcase
for the future?
We bend over
gardenias
in the back yard,
salvia, rosemary,
daylilies just now
blazing
wondering if nature
can withstand
our age,
sun fighting
with wind and rain,
wars consuming
everything
we believe.
Time to visit
the cemetery, bring
the pure lilies
we picked
this morning
as our offering
to the dead.
We owe them
our knees
and this stab at
continuing
paying homage
to names
and all
that’s green.
From Here’s Plenty (Cervena Barva, 2023)