It never did rain.
The ferns waited,
their spines hooked
over themselves as they knelt,
trembling and praying
that the sky
would not be afraid
to open up
to them and weep.
They lined themselves in rows,
a whole parrish
clinging to an oak
which could not resist
the pull
of a soft bed.
The resurrection ferns
held their spored breaths,
waiting for the day when
the oak would itself rise.
They repeated their visions
amongst themselves:
the oak will ascend and lead and guide,
pull himself free
of the nails of gravity
and escape death
for he is more than a man.
Yet all kings fall
and the ferns may wander,
seek out their own
source of water.
Or they may be still
kneeling, praying, waiting
for a rain that doesn’t fall.
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