Shadow of Echosis

Nature's light,
partner to the creative roots
begetting shadows stretched forward
offer respite and nurturing
of our blank-canvassed mirrors.

Growth sprouts new buds,
striving to realize its truth,
even as its tenure brief,
its seasoned seed,
stem,
leaf,
branch,
and stalk
ever reaching
upward,
outward,
light's landscape shines bright

of organization.

So too the artist's quest for sharing truth
drinks in light's oft-times harsh reality,
knowing to nourish the layers beneath layers,
time must be allowed to manifest purpose.

For in order to cultivate the fields of now,
not knowing what tomorrow may bring,
an artist's consciousness must drink to its roots
where heart and mind's osmosis awaits.

Trust…

Light of creation’s patience,
knowing the harvest
will echo its reflection forth,

its bountiful extensions of countenance bear witness
only when shadows are honored as shaded reflection,
when wisdom discovered
is allowed to reveal its gentle epiphany.

Finally

To age,
to rest
beneath other shadows once more
as love's perpetual blossom
awaiting tomorrow's embrace of
yesterday’s seedlings,
creation anticipates future’s harvest,
arrivals yet to be born,

patiently respecting the revealing of unknowns.

Time

Such is growth’s
lasting shadow of Echosis.