the carrots, the dog and the god

* A little story first:
I am not one to really explain my writing but this is a little interesting. Quite by accident I found myself at a poetry workshop tonight- specifically a Christian Ministry poetry workshop. As someone who is not Christian at all and is probably agnostic on a good day and much closer to athiest as a rule, this was an interesting scenario. The assignment was to take 2 randomly and pre-written items (my case: the carrots and the dog) from a pile of paper and the 3rd item was automatically God... ala The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Mix these items and 15 minute time limit and you have the following poem. I guess it could have a few levels but wanted to share my actual perspective and intent.


"Each spring creates a new harvest and this year would be no different.
Green tops and orange roots to nourish the farmer's family planted beneath the soil.

A new pup finds his balance and gracefully gallops through the green-topped-orange-rooted fields- his fields that he was born to protect.
His boundless curiosity mixed with his newly found freedom led the farm's guard to the tucked away barn forgotten at the property's edge.

He enters with hesitance, fear and caution and a glimmer catches his eye.
With deliberate steps he approaches the shards of broken glass and with raised brow he sees:

the D-O-G finds his immediate reflection: the G-O-D"