follow a swallow

Some things you should know:

wind will blow and rivers will flow,

flowers will bloom with beauty to show

and one day you and I must go.

Yet, still as plants, we grow

in soft-moist earth previously fallow,

rooting deep or spreading shallow

verdantly leafed, and never sallow.

So, swift as a swallow, fly towards tomorrow!

Open your heart to joy and sorrow,

to midday sun and evening shadow,

then rest in moon’s cool healing glow.