The Flow of Life

Worms feed robins
Mice feed coyotes
Cattle feed humans

Everything gives
of itself to sustain life
Our bodies decay

and feed the earth
The air we exhale,
others breathe in

The dance of life
The sacred giving
and receiving

Stop the flow
and you are
out of step

You suddenly think
you are more important
then the field mice

This form will end.
The only thing that
lives on is our love

It flows on like a river
through everything,
until resting in the ocean

it evaporates
lifting into clouds, and
the dance starts again.

Comments

  1. Joseph’s ashes will be scattered in the Ohio river.
    I thought his choice curious. But now, not so much…

    • Lee Ann Austin says

      I loved the movie, Collateral Beauty with Will Smith. Your poem is lovely and true. Joseph wanted to put Kelly’s ashes in the water as well and we did. He is all over the mountain top now, in the rain and the mud and the fish and the fire. I want it: that love.

    • Ms. J. J. says

      My Sister Friend,

      This is beautiful!
      Hugs and Love,
      J.J.

  2. Joy Hart says

    I love the poem. Thank you.

  3. Kathleen says

    Beautiful!

  4. Peggy Lawson says

    Such a lovely poem, Barb. There’s something so right about mixing the ashes of our beloved with the water.

  5. Mim Grace says

    Thanks so much for sharing this , Barb…your poem touches my heart