Behind the Poem - The Garden

The Garden

Through the window

I see the morning dew

I feel your sunlight

the wind chimes and birds chirp

buds fill the branches

The morning spring light

nourishes the blossoming -

flowers and my soul

The breeze brings

the first fragrance

of freshly bloomed flowers

bringing vibrant colors to the earth

watching clouds float and shape-shift

perfect for bare feet and day dreams

I sit in silence, unmoved

two little birds were chirping loudly

playing in our garden

chirping to their friends

I hear their wings flutter

and dance in the bird bath

the flowers you water pray for you

the birds you feed pray for you.

Behind the Poem

The poem wasn’t written in one sitting. It started as three haikus in response to some April prompts. In June I wrote a garden poem. I noticed one stanza had the same line as one of the haikus:

"Enjoy the little joys

the breeze brings wind chimes and birdsong

watching clouds float and shapeshift

perfect for bare feet and day dreams."

I edited out the above lines to remove redundancy. All the pieces had similar themes of spring and the garden that I combined it together for one longer piece.

stay inspired,

Fida

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