Photo taken in Napa Valley, California: 2008 with my Nikon SLR
HAPPY NEW YEAR. 2015 will be a good one…
It takes 8 years for an avocado tree to grow and bear fruit,
I live in our countries’ avocado haven…
So I know.
How much care
Goes into one tree
of life.
8 years ago was his first
coma
so we planted
seeds of hope
let our love shine and
watered it with prayer
but things still turned yellow…
remember that bamboo plant?
that nani revived
sang it from yellow stalks
to sprouting green leaves,
yellow sclera eyes
to now
my father’s sparkle.
her Sanskrit shlokas
filling walls
that were crumbling
with each episode
of pain,
as my mother glued
them back
piece by piece
as she always did.
the fruits are growing
and we are breathing
life force into weak limbs
breathing
fresh air again
to surprised hearts
breathing out
instead of holding in
we are breathing
this delicious blessing,
these fruits have never tasted so good,
mother earth
your miraculous ways
have
my hands
at
my
heart,
this year will be a good year
for our avocado tree.