Poetry list
planting
you ordered golden
leafed shrubs with
pendant gems for
flowers the ground
was duly readied
with love and care
all was lavished
on this bed of hope
and life as other
colours lit our lives
and garden nothing
though can last because
we will it neither you
and me in touch and
embrace nor the plants
we tend letting go and
hoping for nothing lets
the tendrils and hooks
of love weave our ways
and work into the clouds
and heavens that tower
above and beyond our
gardens of endeavour
and all plans and powers
are dashed by the storms
and droughts that stir
and strain our scene
we plant we die we
flower in a beauty more
glorious because it is
our end
© Neil Thompson 2023