Steamrolled and tired
A downward spiral
Petals hit the ground
The flowers gone
The seeds have fallen
Winter frost bites hard
And fast
In hearts like mine
And yours
And theirs
A loving flame that
Raged
Burned and flared in these
Conflagrating times
We share
Gone to ground
Burrowed deeply in the earth
In silent midnight caves
Held by stone and rock and clay
Spirit flowing out and in
To the past and back again
We meet our wounds
We heal each blast
We nurture hope
And in return
Are nurtured as we
Begin to climb
Out of the dirt
Out of the grime to
Rise again renewed
The seeds crack open
Far and wide
We grow
We grow
We grow
Again
