Garden's Child

plant
From seed
Grew tall with sunshine

Leaves

My birth
from conception
united me with the family of life
Sonrise

Mother

plant’s earth
child’s family
everything was as it was
both plant and child grew

Son/sun

Said mother
Mother smiled to sun
Whom fed child
…
plant and child
Grew in accordance
To earth, tilting on her axis
seasons changing and maturing

Lifetimes

Plant grew strong
learned flowers.
the other plants, and gardener, were pleased
for Plant’s root had penetrated
accomplishing the real work
Making plant strong
Free of irrigation

Child explored langauge, story and dance
Making those people proud
Child’s Parents, especially, were pleased
That she was able to meet her needs
Living creatively and learning.
child lived in strong ways

each in their own time…
Plant held firm
Rooted in space
Understanding

Child, rooted in family
walking
standing

Their own time held Necessary process.
Flowers age, becoming seed
Fruit shared and celebrated

Child, singing and dancing
shared insight and delight of her world
through tradition,
and danced the colours of wildflowers
…
seasons

it was time
plant, pleased, passed virtue and memory
dormant for season’s time
after flower celebration,
without grief

child of child
grew surrounded by those colours
and child danced on flower petals
learning the good ways to be

and parent child
in celebration
watched the seasons of her son/sun
cherished

And plant, as child, bore flowers.
Visible to all but themselves,
Planting seeds in those Whom are able to take notice.
And Admire beauty.