One Garden

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*poem from 2006

Garden of my gardens

I lay a leaf by,

Scattering petals

At memory's shrine

That I might

Forget-you-not.

Seasons breathe:

A death, a life

The heart of a flower

Spent in seeds,

Bled in giving.

Tell me, does

The heart nourish the seed,

Or kernel the heart?

I plant both in One

Make a space

For remembrance.

Let all I have known

In leaf-limb, tree bough and bud

Now thrive in this place

Peace-given.

May green thoughts and

The strong sap of friends

Keep us

Forever-twined.


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