Honor the tomato
By eating it.
Revel in its ripeness
Praise its sweet pulp
Its juicy song burst
Its red or golden
or heirloom purple
Tender skin
Pierced for your nourishment
Soul food!
Honor the tomato
By eating it.
Revel in its ripeness
Praise its sweet pulp
Its juicy song burst
Its red or golden
or heirloom purple
Tender skin
Pierced for your nourishment
Soul food!
I drive to work beneath the hanging bellies of rain-laden clouds, who promise fecund drops to nurture earth. The porous limestone of the islands mirrors my own creative skin, both hungry for replenishment, and awaiting the deluge. For me that downpour comes in the hours and minutes of summer when my time is my own. For the Keys, it is the afternoon thunderstorms that form cloud-towers in the sunny heat, then burst into thunder-claps and fleeting downpours, only to dissolve into sunsets of breath-taking beauty. Earth’s creative expression is my inspiration! And so I drive on with cloud grayness holding me to the ground, counting the days until I can build my own cumulus towers of ideas and images; until I too am replenished.