Training Peas

Lyman Grant

July 27, 2022

First I look for the arc 

at the tip of the tendril. 

I have to be patient. 

Not every plant yearns

to grasp and climb. 

One has to be ready, 

eager, even, to commit 

to the journey, 

the ascent into the unknown, 

the blind scramble 

toward self-realization. 

But when I see that crook, 

the bend of desire to clasp 

the twine and rise, oh.

Lyman Grant, once a long-time Texan, now writes in Harrisonburg, Virginia.