Saturday book feature — Balance by Laurie Kuntz

Balance

I could write endlessly
about all things foreboding–

hurricanes and turbulence
more likely due to warmer air
that carries us to a season,
which we hope to thrive.

From June’s blossoms come
a life in harvest,
dark soil blankets the roots
of all that green:

a pasture, cross haired vines,
meadows abundant with wild petals
upon petals, every bloom opens
to summer’s endless embrace,
and we live as if nothing will ever end.

But, an end always comes,
hurricanes and turbulence takeover
a country’s spirit, a body’s betrayal,
an erosion of simple kindness.

Yet, somewhere a child
is learning to ride a wave,
someone’s mother is picking lilacs and lavender,
a father holds the seat of a two wheel bike
promising not to let go.

We need that balance
to embrace an endless summer state of mind
while dancing in the eye of a storm.

by Laurie Kuntz from Balance (Moonstone Press 2025)

Cover design by Janet Wixom

Buy link: https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/kuntz-laurie-balance/2EQX2U7AGZZDESFGUIP7TEZF?