reteach . . . retell

The bud

stands for all things,

even for those things that don't
flower,

for everything flowers,

from within, of
self-blessing;

though sometimes it is
necessary

to reteach a thing its
loveliness,

to put a hand on the brow

of the flower,

and retell it in words and in
touch, it is lovely

until it flowers again from
within,

of self-blessing . . .

An excerpt from Galway Kinnell's, "St. Francis and The Sow". Hope we all can find a moment today to tell ourselves, "in words and in touch", that we, too, are "lovely".