Fear

The flower planted so long ago,

Bloomed in my heart this morning

It was spring

Afterall

So I offered her some sunshine

Water

Love

Appreciation

And she blossomed fully

Opened up before my eyes, bloomed a beautiful yellow blossom

As the season of mourning went forward,

Her petals fell

Her roots deep in my soul

Found their time had been spent

And

Decayed

Returned their crushed stone and blood

Back

To form

A new earth

From that same soil

That same earth

A new flower

Bloomed

I got to know recently

Her name

Is Love

She sprouted so close after Fear

I almost couldn’t tell the difference

But then

I saw her glow

And knew

She

Was a different one

A special kind

Iridescent hues

Brilliant cobalt blues

Amazing oranges

Glimmering golds

Snow white whites

Every color

A Godly radiance

Encircling her

And I knew

Somehow

She was special

So, before she left

To return her glow to my soil

I took a few seeds

Stored them in a cool dry airy place

And when the soils were ready, fertile, ripe, alive...

I planted her seeds

Messengers of hope

Ángels of radiance

And now,

My garden,

Is sown

As a tribute to God’s own Beauty

A Temple grounds

To delight in

To stroll through

As I please

To invite friends over for tea

So that they too

Can gather seeds

For their gardens