Monday, May 28, 2012

Tending


As a rose keep, I was an utter failure.
The bleating lambs called to me,
but I denied their need for fertile soil.
Tomorrow seemed soon enough

to prune dead growth and search
for black leaf. Let them frolic
in their own freedom, I thought,
leggy stems reaching to the sky.

Their thorns like cracked hooves
were such a bother, a rancorous
manifestation I took personally.
My heart wasn't right for it,

this shepherding that involved
soaker hoses, mulching roots.
Let the wolves come. I napped
peacefully beneath the oak.

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