Every Day is Earth Day with Fiona Dempster Podcast #207

The Acorn and the Oak

by Ella Maxwell Haddox

Within the damp and clinging earth,Where darkness spans a world unseen,

An acorn dreamed; and, dreaming, sawBlue skies and forests green.

It dreamed of light, where all was gloom;It dreamed of strength, where none prevailed Save that which held the dream, when darkAnd threatening powers assailed.

It saw itself an oak, whose crestFrom Morn's first blush a halo caught; In whose broad boughs the weary birdsAt eve a shelter sought.

And as in hopefulness it dreamed.The unbelieving earth made room; And, powerless to repress, did hasteTo friendliness assume.

Thou, too, dream on, O Soul! and letNot things which seem thy faith undo; For All of Life concerns itselfTo make thy dream come true.