Sullen Earth

flexibility is stronger than standing firm against the wind

Late at night I write, while everyone else is sleeping. Hardly for fame or fortune, but for ordinary urchins, who accept the joke life plays upon them. That only the certain can be mistaken. Only the rigid, broken.

That cast in a glass vase, this Earth is hefty and firm and fragile for it. But you can’t see a solution if you look right through it, so sway. That’s the seed message of Earth Day, sandwiched between pandemics.

When we sway, as wildflowers to wind-song, the proud think we speak with dæmons. They see the gestures. But they refuse to hear how urchins, who don’t have answers, are no less not mistaken. And the rigid will be broken.

 
blue bells

( Earth Day 2020 )

About Me

Roger Kenyon was North America’s first lay canon lawyer and associate director at the Archdiocese of Seattle. He was involved in tech (author of Macintosh Introductory Programming, Mainstay) before teaching (author of ThinkLink: a learner-active program, Riverwood). Roger lives near Toronto and offers free critical thinking and character development courses online.

“When not writing, I’m riding—eBike, motorbike, and a mow cart that catches air down the hills. One day I’ll have Goldies again.”