Sarah Arvio
Peas
I sat in a field full of peas and fed
once long ago
hulling the fresh green peas
and eating them raw
from the palm of my hand
Each a green
explosion
a kind of green dream
in the peaceful field before my life was lived
fielding the future
as I grazed the peas
I can hear myself saying
please oh please
pleading for something I didn’t yet know
Had I known
I might have said
give me some fresh green peas
give me a handful of peace
Let me graze
in the grace of the field
Peace peace!
would you hold yours please
Did I say peace and grace
I ask is the peaceable possible
Sarah Arvio reads “Peas”
Sarah Arvio’s new book is Cry Back My Sea.