POPPY POD – life&death
The poppy pod is a cycle that opens and closes
inside its pod, it hides its seeds, with care and dedication, hidden in a guarded safe
the living poppy has a green and unripe pod, closed and sealed and inside it a whole world comes to life
as the poppy lives and ages, the pod ripens and darkens
when the poppy dies, its red petals fall down withered on the ground and the pod is the only thing that stays up, always high and proud
it’s the end point
but also the start point
soon, that pod, that beautiful armored safe, will begin to open its small openings on top, those nice little and sealed windows that you couldn’t even see before
the vents now open and clear the way for the seeds in order to go out, they are by now ripe and ready to create a new life
the poppy stem begins to bend a little under the weight of the ripe seeds
a little, it bends just a little
just enough to drop the seeds out of the windows, on the ground, hidden to overcome the winter and then give birth to one hundred thousand new red, contagious and infesting poppies
magnificent poppies
the poppy pod is at the same time the end point of a poppy and the birth point of thousands of them
with love, but always irreverent
L A D Y S A R A
P.S. If you want to discover all the other meanings click HERE 😉
