After
After seeds are planted in the ground
life begins from that little round
or oval-shaped seed so small
in which life originates for all.
After sun and rain nourish that little seed
buried under the soil down on ones knees
it begins to sprout
quickly bursting out.
After a week it emerges through
reaching heavenward toward skies of blue
where two little leaflets drink
dewdrops when morning winks.
After a few more days more leaflets appear
sometimes feed by showers of heaven's tears,
although other times these showers become storms
when this little seedling looks quite forlorn.
After storms of life buffet this little life,
sometimes cutting like a knife,
this little seedling rights itself again
and is happy to see the sun return.
After several weeks of sunshine
this little seedling grows into a vine
where blossoms form and intertwine
its tendrils up a fence line.
After the blossoms form
bees visits from their drone.
Sing-song buzzing is in the air
on days when it's sunny and fair.
After soaking up the sun's warmth
these blossoms turn into fruit -
perhaps snow peas, or cucumbers,
or pumpkins, or green pole beans or...
After these vegetables mature
there'll be good eating for sure.
Harvesting takes place
as one feeds one's face.
After these vegetables mature
inside each are seeds for more
to reproduce next year.
An excellent plan, that's clear.
After awhile seeds are dried
then in an envelope they hide
until next spring -
which is exciting.
After weeks of summer, but all too soon,
autumn's cold frost will bring with it doom
ending the cycle of life
with dying and certain death.
Afterward these vines are recycled into compost
when this gardening "black gold" another seed will host.
The cycle of life completed for this seed.
For humans, bees, and compost it did feed.
After all is grown and gone
a miracle lives on
as seeds will reproduce
with more ideas for this muse.
Seriously, in each seed there's a miracle,
as well as a cure for whatever ails,
for a healthy life is daily maintained
from good-for-us minerals and vitamins.
* * * * *
As all gardening ends with death,
then a recycling; as with life
death is not the end,
it's a new beginning.
After this life
there's eternal life
if you believe
and Christ receive.
Your old life can be recycled into new
if you believe what God did is true.
That God's Son died
for you and I.
There is a happily-ever-after.
It's in heaven, the thereafter,
and will be reserved for you today
if you believe in Christ Jesus, then pray.
"Dear Lord, I believe
and your gift receive.
You're always be with me in all that I do
and I have your promise of everlasting life with you."
There really is a happily-ever-after,
although not on earth as so earnestly sought after.
We won't receive it until we die,
when we go to our home beyond the sky.
If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”
and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
you will be saved.
Romans 10:9
Our citizenship is in heaven.
And we eagerly await a Savior from there,
the Lord Jesus Christ,
who, by the power that enables him
to bring everything under his control,
will transform our lowly bodies
so that they will be like his glorious body.
Philippians 3:20
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