Poem of Honorable Harvest

We are…

Giving thanks to all of us

and to the creators of us all -

our parents, our ancestors,

those who have returned  

the ancestors our children will be

the divine that courses through our veins

Giving thanks to those who love with open hearts

Who leave tomatoes on the vine to share 

Who see beauty in all transformations

Thank you for your sweat and labor

Giving thanks to water and air we cannot live without 

Our lives, our faith and our hope are restored in seeds 

that find earth beneath our feet for their roots to draw up 

the fluid of our nourishment and health 

like in the herbs and teas we tasted today

Now re-enter the warm house 

Become encumbered with embraces 

arrive home after a busy summer 

growing, yearning, reaching and yawning 

take rest, 

settle your mind,

fall into sleep

and continue