In the Garden
Under a brilliant sky which cannot forget
the leafy boughs beckon in the near distance
in invitation, in promise
and in faith, we make a path
to the garden of intimate mysteries, together
in harmony
like the beauty of the silence
which breathes between the notes
and the wisdom of the stillness
in the pause between each heartbeat
the way your hands reach across my distances to soothe me
and the strength with which you let yourself be fragile
I am so grateful for your trust
and the pure honesty
of your true and tender self
because only the wounded heart
finds courage enough to embrace memory and loss
and cherish the redemption of acceptance
courage and faith
gratitude, appreciation and trust
love and grace
so opens the gate to our garden
where the tree of knowledge waits
in infinite patience
beside the pool of compassion
and release
