My love for this garden Today I unlatched the iron gate With the key that you left me By the stone under the flat slate The door creaked open slowly Roughly I shoved it with all my weight Light from the outside burst in Making even the weeds ornate For the light held a certain…
Tag: Hope
Extend your wings and fly
Extend your wings and fly One sullen morning on her knees As the sun hid itself behind the trees No sound in the wood, not even the bees His robin spoke to him in the breeze I love you dearly, my sweet friend But these broken wings just won’t mend Not long later her response…
Even the stars
Even the stars I go off to a secluded place to be alone and watch the stars Tiny crystals in the evening sky Quiet as a sleeping lamb In clusters so brilliant and bright. Yet in the forefront of my mind Come the broken pieces of my heart That were once so whole and alive….
Dear broken sunflower
Dear broken sunflower Dear broken sunflower Do you ever feel tired Of the unjust treatment you suffer? Of the harsh winds that blow Upon your beautiful petals? Of the frosty nights And the biting cold And the rain’s relentless shower? Do you ever just want to say to the sun My dearest, loveliest sun Long…
The Romantic Gardener 