The Garden
 A bubble-gum pink Rose is nodding to Herself   in the sunlight outside my window   having drunk Her full of early  morning tea of dewdrops and mist   She sways sleepily   dreaming   The Oak Tree   stands proudly full of birds   now and again sending an acorn thudding down to the grass   where Ants are busy, always busy   carrying a bug carcass away to their winter pantry   like a miniature Olympic relay team working hard together   The Garden is a family   of all shapes and sizes   chirping, foraging,   and croaking in the pond   some rooted   some flying   some working   some dying   but all intertwined in the Story   If only Humans played nicely and accepted their role   and their time to briefly shine   knowing there is growing   and then going   peacefully on   if only we accepted gracefully our part in the Story   instead of our arrogance in thinking we are the whole book   They closed our eyes    you see   cut the connection to our angels and guides   leaving a chasm ga...