Fruity Wisdom
Contained within the coconut Is universal truth: It's hard, but when you open it It's filled with tasty juice - Inside the pomegranate Is truth still more profound: The branches are extended And fruit and seeds are round Which seeds are shared function Of themselves and teh soul And form, through interaction, The integrative whole. Inside a Georgia peanut A truth still more refined: The twin seeds are within it Like, in a brain, two minds, Each one with its own center And each having a chance Inside the ground to enter Or die forever hence. The truth within a kiwi Is truth still more complete: The prickles are deceiving - Inside it's nice and sweet Contained in a banana More lessons for the mind: Like woman in bandana It's lusciousness that hides And in its fruity essence The hardy seeds are found That move through the intestines To fall into the ground. In grapes and in the apples Some lessons can be seen: The seed-transmission happens When fruit is red or green, And which attracts through sweetness The animal and man To overlook the seeds as It spreads them through the land. Strawberry and raspberry Have even more to teach: Inside each one is carried A multiplicity And as they work together And with each other strive They fight the stormy weather And make the best survive. The fruits have much to teach us About the world and man, With passion they beseech us To know and understand, And lesson is quite simple And maybe even cute: I say to all the people - I'm proud to be a fruit.Index