As Summer Rain Says, ‘Goodbye’

Elephant Ears

Outside my window

Can’t hear

Croaking frogs

Sing their song

As Summer rain says,

“Goodbye.”

Droplets glisten

As they christen

Colocasia’s Christian name:

“Celebrate your labor,

My Jungle Green friend!

Lift up your hands

& chant God’s praise!”

What wonder

You hold each morn:

Roots, sturdy;

Stalk, strong,

Uniting

God’s rich soil

With His “Loving Light.”

Elephant Ears

Outside my window

Can’t hear

Croaking frogs

Sing their final song—

Yet you honor them,

When their time is through.