garden

went home for the second time this year. with a handful of things to do, things to say, things to remember and things to forget.

people to meet and people to greet. rendezvous of hearts, joyful days to celebrate, surrounded by relatives and friends.

the mandates i was tasked to carry and fulfil. the assignments entrusted upon me to complete. as a second secretary, and as a restless bee. trying to make sense of it all:

how long does it take for flowers to realise that the sun is shining and that the season is right for them to bloom?

e c h o e s . . . .

cloudless everyday you fall

upon my waking eyes
inviting and inciting me to rise

and through the window in the wall

come streaming in on sunlight wings
a million bright ambassadors of morning

and no-one sings me lullabies
and no-one makes me close my eyes
and so I throw the windows wide

and call to you across the sky...

- red leaves of autumn, north bethesda, october 2010 (v)