Gardening

I've been planting and tending

for over eighty years.

Many years the crop has failed

spectacularly:

ruin and devastation as far as

my eye could see.

Heartbreak.

 

And then, like any good gardener,

I'd gather new strength,

spade the soil again,

and replant.

Over and over I'd play

this theme of failure.

I'm ready now

to reap some real rewards.

 

The harvest is here.

I'm seeking it and feeling it:

a long-awaited gathering full of grace.

A blessing that protects

and heals

and teaches

and enriches.

Enough of failure.

I'm ready to reap.

 

 

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