We waited for renewal

We waited for renewal,

resurrection of the world,

makeover yet unseen yet

imminent, not understanding

the renewal was underway,

had been, stones grinding

and transforming, tectonic

plates above the surface,

mountains reshaping, oceans

cleansing and oxygenating,

forests, fields, prairies

renewing, we waited and

didn’t see it in front of us,

around us, not grasping

we were in the throes

of the firstfruits.

Photograph by Lillian Newman via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.