Poem January 17, 2000 Issue

VIVA!*

Lindsay Gould Schaefer

My neighbor
tore my trellis down:
It lay there broken,
all dark brown.
He sawed the vine,
and chopped the stems,
Intent it'd never
grow again.

But I saw a willow,
greening.

I looked away
that ugly day
From human mind's response
(dismay)

to see a willow,
greening.

I saw the Principle
of life,
that continuity
of good
that carries on,
though unkind acts,
misunderstood,
play havoc
on the earthly scene.
I then looked up, and saw my God
and saw the willow,
greening!

Lindsay Gould Schaefer

*Viva! means "long live" in Italian and Spanish and is used to express goodwill or approval in English.

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