"Gardens of the Soul, (Redux)."

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Our hearts are like gardens 
and within them things are 
going to grow 
  
Some produce thorns and 
others a beautiful rose 
And the direction of the  
desire within that will 
give a yield, no man knows 
  
But we all like gardeners,  
are to tend to our precious 
souls knowing that they are 
like the fertile soil 
  
And that whatever nutrients 
or contaminants we put 
therein will contribute to 
what we give to the world 
  
For our lives are like living 
gardens 
Displays of beauty or 
darkness 
  
And we've all been through 
the crucible and the 
hurtful struggles 
  
I myself struggle and  
become bewildered 
Have been on one  
knee, no not even that 
  
Have been on my face 
in the dirt with no hope 
of rising again 
  
But Love remains and 
Hope and Charity that'll 
untie the noose from 
every rope 
  
*The Spirit within Us All 
   is a Living Essence 
   that like a Transformer, 
   sends forth Energy into 
   all the Vital parts of the 
   Body and Quickens 
   things within; Breathing 
   Life or Death into Them. 
  
   Unlike the Transformer 
   Though, the Spirit that is, 
   is Filled with Living Pulses 
   that Charge Us 
  
   The Spirit is the Root of 
   the Tree that We are and 
   what kind of Root it is, (as 
   there are many Kinds of 
   Trees, here in the Garden), 
   Will be Revealed through 
   the Fruit Our Bodies Yield