Natures Garden

Someday when I’m gone from the beauty of this planet earth, when I can no longer walk the trails of tall pines or see the bark on the birch as it hangs like paper from its old trunk, someone will remember I walked here, someone will read the carved initials in the majestic oaks and wonder who they belonged to.

Someday the planted day lilies of orange and yellow will bring a smile to their faces as they do mine, and the bluebeard shrubs with their airy clusters of blue blooms will catch their eyes in late summer, as butterflies dance among bushes of lavender, pink and white.

I hold nature in all her beauty delicately in my hands, close to my heart. I enrich her soil with food and tend to her imperfections as I do all living things in nature. The happiness natures garden brings me is only enriched when shared, bringing joy to the eyes of others, who see their beauty too.