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Home ▷ Laryalee Fraser ▷ What Use Am I?

What Use Am I?

by Laryalee Fraser

pine forestA spindly tuft of grass, forlorn beneath
majestic pines, gazed upward at the sky.
“I’m such a tiny speck in all of God’s
creation—tell me please, what use am I?”

On fringes of an ocean-rolling wind,
a whisper came, “Your value, little blade,
is equal to the tallest tree, your place
essential in the cosmos I have made.

“The outward lines and curvatures which form
containers for the flow of life don’t show
the attributes of worth. Your inner surge
reveals the truth; just spread your roots—and grow.”

The meaning of this message was absorbed
with humbleness by earth’s inhabitants—
except for us. We blatantly invent
our own degrees of “worth” . . . what arrogance!

Copyright © Laryalee Fraser • Used with permission • All rights reserved.
Photo by Tero Karppinen.

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