Fruit in a blossom
And petals in a seed,
Reeds in a river-bed,
Music in a reed,
Stars in a firmament
Shining in the night,
Sun in a galaxy
And planet in its light,
Bones in the rosy blood
Like land in the sea,
Marrow in a skeleton–
And I in Me.
Owen Barfield (1898 – 1997)
