Sweeter after the frost

Sweeter after the frost

It starts at the farm stand when
the first apples, kale, and carrots
are shouldered in alongside
summer's bounty.

When there's an overlap and
a subtle shift occurs in the
harvest.

In the light.

There will be no more tomatoes,
lettuce, or green beans once the
butternut, hubbard, and acorn
muscle them aside.

When the days grow shorter and
colder. When the Brussels sprouts,
kale, and collards are ready, too.

Sweeter even, after the frost.

Last night we turned
the clocks back.

And like the garden, we will
be changed by the light,
by the dark.

By the season.

What do we do with these
shorter days? Days when the
light seems fleeting.

Maybe we search for a different
kind of light. For the light found 
in discovery and learning.

In the light that's reflected in
the seeds of curiosity and inquiry.

So as the seasons change,
we, like the Brussels sprouts,
kale, and carrots transform,
becoming lighter, maybe 
even sweeter, after the frost.