Last night I had a moment that felt like it was right out of a book, my own book actually. Here's what happened.
Last summer I bought a pomegranate bush. I didn't buy it because of the ties between the myth of Persephone and pomegranates and the fact that I happen to be writing a story loosely based on that myth. Nope, I just picked it up because it had beautiful foliage and a couple of tiny pomegranates growing on its branches. I also had an empty blue pot and I knew the pomegranate would look really good in that pot.
I don't think it's going to make it. |
I feel compelled to add that empty pots are not all that unusual at my house. Here are the contents of one of my soon to be emptied pots. Potted plants HATE me but I ignore all their signals and keep buying them anyway.
Anyway, the kids and I watched the tiny pomegranates grow. This plant was an exception to my general relationship with potted plants. It was thriving. It was gorgeous. The tiny pomegranates were becoming enormous and we couldn't wait to try our back yard harvest. Then along came an early frost. The pomegranate lost all its leaves, the fruit shriveled up and fell off and I was pretty sure the plant was dead. I left it in its pot and it's been sitting there all spring making me sad every time I look at it.
Then something happened! Last night I was out in my back yard and this is what I saw. Can you see it? Tiny little leaves! The pomegranate lives!!
But is that too obvious? Maybe. It's entirely possible we never know what our own examples of foreshadowing are trying to tell us. What do you think?
5 comments:
That is SO how I would look at it... find a fabulous symbolism for it. It's funny... I don't look for it very often, but when things like that happen, I totally see it that way. I hope it thrives (and your story as well)
Thanks Hart! I'm not big into symbolism either but sometimes I have to stop and wonder if maybe the universe isn't trying to tell me something.
Yay! That's awesome that it came back! I'm not very good at plants either. I find that if i mostly ignore them, they do better. :/ Maybe I usually over water or something?
Jennifer, I'm a total overwaterer!
Thats great that the pomegranate is coming back! I find signs everywhere. I think thats a good omen.
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