Delicate

tiny green shoots

push through moist spring soil.

 Race skyward at startling speed, strong.

Prophesy of Knee high by the Fourth of July.

Gargantuan grandfather stands tall, thick husks full.

~ ~ ~ Surrenders ~ ~ ~

Knowing hands pull corn. He is resigned to his fate

as he fades like a watercolor left out in fall rains.

No longer a monument above all other crops

Autumn winds bend and blow him.

Powerful pumpkins

Dominate