by Laura Parker Roerden
A flower is
not just
a flower.
It’s an invitation
to dance,
to fall into
a time
and a tempo
not of
your own
wherein lies
the meaning
of being
made of
soil and sun,
tapped
lightly
in place
by
fingers
of rain.
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Laura Parker Roerden is the founding director of Ocean Matters and the former managing editor of Educators for Social Responsibility and New Designs for Youth Development. She serves on the board of Earth, Ltd. and is a member of the Pleiades Network of Women in Sustainability. She lives on her fifth generation family farm in MA.