On balance, apart from the anxieties and frustrations we absorb and project, we also tend to transfer the beauty we hold inside our hearts onto our surroundings, be it what we glance in the growth and decay of nature, in the gracious motions of young and old people, animals, trees we befriend, a patch of thriving vegetables, a forget-me-not perking through a crack in the pavement, a glowing autumn leaf. We delight in the colours and shapes sculpted by the shifting light of the sun into twilight and shadows, even in neglected streets, even in ruins.
Some of us have the use of a garden or a plot of land, which offers shade and, throughout the seasons, brings joys, as well as countless tasks we may honour or ignore.
Here is to my garden …
home to its creatures
and to my guardian angels
my garden perceives
how I rehearse its being
from morning to dawn
in return it grants blessings
to my existence
and to friends gathered here
it’s my ritual
to snip a branch here and there
and nurture the shapes
of beauty I envision
we dream as one soul
as love like hot stone
releases the heat of day
into the still night
some deep ground of love
rises from below the earth
cool like the pale moon
Course of Mirrors 
You have a lovely garden. I LOVE Mother Nature as she provides so many gifts. Thanks!
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True.
Thank you Gwynn.
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Just lovely Ashen thank you ..
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Waving. Thank you Susan.
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I resonate with your words about the garden!
Keep enjoying your garden and all the creatures in it!
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Thank you Tanya. Lovely to hear from you ☼
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Your poem is beautiful, Ashen. It certainly evoked the reasons why I enjoy pottering in the garden 😀
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Thank you, Luciana. Your appreciation of my poem cheers ☼
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