Life’s Strife

The pressures of life

Can have a lot of strife

That pulls at the edges,

And waits on ledges

At the height of tall skyscrapers,

That seems like Spiderman capers

Seen on TV

That scare me

Into compliance

With an alliance

Of a trusted friend.

Hope its not the end

And that we can bend

What we send

To a lasting

Fasting

Of all good things.

Life has pressures, that’s for sure. But interesting how a simple wildflower, who only exists for a short time, has only the sunlight and rain to worry about. The wildflower reseeds itself and allows new generations of its species to continue on into the future, while sharing its universal spirit with it’s offspring. What purpose does the wildflower have, except to be food for bees and butterflies and other flying things, like the hummingbird? There is beauty in the simple wildflower. And, just like all living things, it is not just something we pluck, but is also something to be admired in Nature’s creation. It’s a reminder that we are like the wildflower in our basic human nature: We too need food as our sunlight and water as our rain. As we blossom into adulthood, we too must plant our seed and continue our species through our children. Sadly, like the wildflowers power of reproduction, humans, too, have become plentiful. I am not sure that this Earth is big enough for all of us without some clever land management. We need to be stewards of the land, just like the wildflower, by feeding the small creatures and building root systems that hold the soil together for the world.