Ruined Garden

 

I sent locust to the garden,

A plague of unbelief.

A blooming heart

Now closing,

Strange, is this feeling

Relief ?

 

Tender shoots of hope

Got too much rain,

Too much attention and hoeing,

Some got scorched, hearts suffered pain,

So there was speed in the going.

 

Let it Alone!

But I, like a child,

Bothered and fussed and fretted,

Sitting, watching,

Somewhat bequiled,

Then all my bother regretted.

 

What is a garden

Not left to grow?

Impatient

To see the Hand work.

Causing the miracle

After faith's sow,

Never to break through the dirt.

 

by

Annie

 

March 1988 ©

 

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