Surprised to Bloom Again Joshua trees are Zen Older than you know Wiser than I have been But like them I grew To know who I am in The how of now learned Up here on the downlow It turned out we earned A specificity Somehow alien Evolving together Resolving to be Through the wind and weather Unusually To be otherwise turned Out to be how then To go on so we go On these trees and me To be about now when Wiser than we knew Surprised to bloom again Steven Curtis Lance