GARDENS

LIKE A GARDEN ARE WE
THE SILENCE OF SEEDS
BROKEN BY THE TURNING OF THE EARTH
THE PRESENCE OF THE SUN
BURSTING WITH LIFE
DO SEEDS SUDDENLY LEAP THROUGH THE EARTH?

I AM A GARDENER
PATIENT, KNOWING AND WISE
I KNOW VERY WELL THE SEEDS IN THE EARTH
AND WHAT EACH ONE WILL BE
FOR EACH ONE ALREADY IS WHAT IT IS
WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN SEE.

WATER, HOE
FEED AND WEED
EXPECT TO SEE IN EACH AND EVERY ROW
THAT WHICH WAS PLANTED
IS THAT WHICH WE SOW
EACH IN ITS TIME
NOT MINE.

Reverend Jan Madsen