PLANTING SEEDS by Caroline Mellor

This poem was written during the first weeks of the coronavirus 'lockdown'. There is a lot of fear and isolation around at the moment. But it also feels like a powerful, potent time to imagine a better future: to plant the seeds. Wishing you wild hope wherever you are.  

“If a world is dreamable, 

maybe it can be dreamed into being.” 

~Ursula K. Le Guin~

Planting Seeds

It is the seed moon, 

the time of sowing.

The roads and skies

have grown quiet.

Sometimes in the stillness

I can feel the earth dreaming.

There are many things I can't do 

in these strange times.

But I can plant seeds.

I hold them like prayers

in the palm of my hand,

I notice their shape and size,

the way they catch the light.

Their impossible promise.

I teach my children 

to make wishes on them -

and I make wishes too.

I breathe my brightest, 

most golden dreams 

into these seeds,

dreams wild as sweet violets

on hidden forest floors.

Poppy, nasturtium, sunflower and sage:

bring nectar, food and medicine, 

praise the sun.

Corn, squash, tomato and bean:

seeds of hope

for the creatures

and the wild places

and all those yet to come.

May this great pause

be a seed itself

for the beautiful future

which wants and waits to be born.

I think anyone who says 

that miracles aren't possible

must not have planted seeds.

Caroline Mellor lives close to the sea and the green hills of southern England with her daughter, cat, and husband. As well as being a mum, writer and certified massage therapist, she enjoys travel, one-pot cookery, gardening, Yoga, and drinking red wine. When not partaking in one of the above, she is probably daydreaming about her next holiday. Caroline's work has featured on Elephant Journal, Rebelle Society, Be You Media Group, Women's Spiritual Poetry, The Green Parent, ABC Magazine, Viva Lewes, the Brighton Argus and Permaculture Magazine. You can connect with Caroline through herfacebook page, or her blog: "Tales from the Seed." 

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