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#*I saw a path and ran ahead I nearly lost my way Your mercy caught me by the arm To Your side You bid me stay I put my hope in my own plans Which soon around me fell You stopped me short upon that road And said, "Rest and all will be well." I'd surrendered all, but to my foe Enticed into the briars You turned his evil schemes instead Into refining fires I couldn't see my helplessness Until my legs were broken Till Shepherd's hands caressed my wounds And healing words were spoken You picked me up and carried me And made me feel Your favorite You held my head against Your chest Until I grew to savor it You tended me with gentlest touch Then soothed all thought of fears You sang forgiveness over me And washed away my tears There is no one like You, Lord On whom I can rely In loss, in danger or attack You hear this poor sheep's cry It's You Who keeps me from real harm Who watches my coming and going You shield me with Your strong right hand From darts the enemy keeps throwing You said to all who trust in You You would give perfect peace Enough for mind and heart to rest To let all worrying cease So, Lord, I trust You with my life Your Shepherd's heart is pure Your purpose for me's guarded well And Your deliverance is sure Please teach this sheep, Lord, how to wait And strengthen me to stand To put my hope in Your desires And to love Your sovereign plan You lead me into fields so green Where streams of life are flowing Where healing winds blow oft' and strong And choicest fruits are growing You set me free to hear Your voice To follow at Your call And even through the dark, cold nights I'll know You've arranged it all Yes, storms will come with battering rains With hail and gusts and thunder But these are meant to beckon me To Your wings to pull me under For it's in the darkness of the storm My grip's most apt to tighten And when my heart beats next to Yours All earthly burdens lighten*#
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Nov 5, 2015
Nov 5, 2015 at 10:14 AM UTC
The Shepherd
#*I saw a path and ran ahead I nearly lost my way Your mercy caught me by the arm To Your side You bid me stay I put my hope in my own plans Which soon around me fell You stopped me short upon that road And said, "Rest and all will be well." I'd surrendered all, but to my foe Enticed into the briars You turned his evil schemes instead Into refining fires I couldn't see my helplessness Until my legs were broken Till Shepherd's hands caressed my wounds And healing words were spoken You picked me up and carried me And made me feel Your favorite You held my head against Your chest Until I grew to savor it You tended me with gentlest touch Then soothed all thought of fears You sang forgiveness over me And washed away my tears There is no one like You, Lord On whom I can rely In loss, in danger or attack You hear this poor sheep's cry It's You Who keeps me from real harm Who watches my coming and going You shield me with Your strong right hand From darts the enemy keeps throwing You said to all who trust in You You would give perfect peace Enough for mind and heart to rest To let all worrying cease So, Lord, I trust You with my life Your Shepherd's heart is pure Your purpose for me's guarded well And Your deliverance is sure Please teach this sheep, Lord, how to wait And strengthen me to stand To put my hope in Your desires And to love Your sovereign plan You lead me into fields so green Where streams of life are flowing Where healing winds blow oft' and strong And choicest fruits are growing You set me free to hear Your voice To follow at Your call And even through the dark, cold nights I'll know You've arranged it all Yes, storms will come with battering rains With hail and gusts and thunder But these are meant to beckon me To Your wings to pull me under For it's in the darkness of the storm My grip's most apt to tighten And when my heart beats next to Yours All earthly burdens lighten*#
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I saw a path and ran ahead I nearly lost my way Your mercy caught me by the arm To Your side You bid me stay I put my hope in my own plans Which soon around me fell You stopped me short upon that road And said, "Rest and all will be well." I'd surrendered all, but to my foe Enticed into the briars You turned his evil schemes instead Into refining fires I couldn't see my helplessness Until my legs were broken Till Shepherd's hands caressed my wounds And healing words were spoken You picked me up and carried me And made me feel Your favorite You held my head against Your chest Until I grew to savor it You tended me with gentlest touch Then soothed all thought of fears You sang forgiveness over me And washed away my tears There is no one like You, Lord On whom I can rely In loss, in danger or attack You hear this poor sheep's cry It's You Who keeps me from real harm Who watches my coming and going You shield me with Your strong right hand From darts the enemy keeps throwing You said to all who trust in You You would give perfect peace Enough for mind and heart to rest To let all worrying cease So, Lord, I trust You with my life Your Shepherd's heart is pure Your purpose for me's guarded well And Your deliverance is sure Please teach this sheep, Lord, how to wait And strengthen me to stand To put my hope in Your desires And to love Your sovereign plan You lead me into fields so green Where streams of life are flowing Where healing winds blow oft' and strong And choicest fruits are growing You set me free to hear Your voice To follow at Your call And even through the dark, cold nights I'll know You've arranged it all Yes, storms will come with battering rains With hail and gusts and thunder But these are meant to beckon me To Your wings to pull me under For it's in the darkness of the storm My grip's most apt to tighten And when my heart beats next to Yours All earthly burdens lighten
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May 27, 2017
May 27, 2017 at 12:57 PM UTC
The Shepherd
I saw a path and ran ahead I nearly lost my way Your mercy caught me by the arm To Your side You bid me stay I put my hope in my own plans Which soon around me fell You stopped me short upon that road And said, "Rest and all will be well." I'd surrendered all, but to my foe Enticed into the briars You turned his evil schemes instead Into refining fires I couldn't see my helplessness Until my legs were broken Till Shepherd's hands caressed my wounds And healing words were spoken You picked me up and carried me And made me feel Your favorite You held my head against Your chest Until I grew to savor it You tended me with gentlest touch Then soothed all thought of fears You sang forgiveness over me And washed away my tears There is no one like You, Lord On whom I can rely In loss, in danger or attack You hear this poor sheep's cry It's You Who keeps me from real harm Who watches my coming and going You shield me with Your strong right hand From darts the enemy keeps throwing You said to all who trust in You You would give perfect peace Enough for mind and heart to rest To let all worrying cease So, Lord, I trust You with my life Your Shepherd's heart is pure Your purpose for me's guarded well And Your deliverance is sure Please teach this sheep, Lord, how to wait And strengthen me to stand To put my hope in Your desires And to love Your sovereign plan You lead me into fields so green Where streams of life are flowing Where healing winds blow oft' and strong And choicest fruits are growing You set me free to hear Your voice To follow at Your call And even through the dark, cold nights I'll know You've arranged it all Yes, storms will come with battering rains With hail and gusts and thunder But these are meant to beckon me To Your wings to pull me under For it's in the darkness of the storm My grip's most apt to tighten And when my heart beats next to Yours All earthly burdens lighten
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We’d been together so long, it seemed That nothing could tear us apart, We lived our lives in a world of dreams And Barbara lived in my heart, But frost had covered the window pane And then it began to snow, As Barbara turned, with a look of pain And said, ‘It’s best that you go.’ I didn’t know what she meant at first As I looked up from my book, “Go where?’ I questioned, but thought again As she quelled my heart with a look. ‘I said I want you to leave,’ she cried, And her face was set in stone, ‘We’ve come to the end of the path,’ she sighed, ‘I want to be left alone.’ Then suddenly all confusion reined I didn’t know what to say, Whatever had brought this mood on her, I wished it would go away. But she was firm, and she packed my things And ushered me out the door, I stood there shivering in the cold To be back on my own once more. I found a flat and I camped the night There was barely a stick or chair, I’d have to buy all the furniture To make it a home in there. But I sat and cried in the empty room As the question came back, ‘Why?’ I’d loved her so and my heart was torn, I thought I wanted to die. I went to her with my questions, but She slammed the door in my face, Whatever love she had had for me Had vanished, without a trace. It hurt so much that she cut me off With never so much as a sigh, I called that all that I wanted was To tell me the reason, why? The roses had bloomed so late that year Were still in the garden bed, We’d always tended the bush with joy, We both loved the colour red, So I snipped one off as I left one day, And planted it under her door, To let her know that I loved her still I didn’t know how to say more. Her brother called in a week or so, Said she was in hospital, She’d gone in just for a minor cure And thought that he’d better tell. So I caught the bus and I went on down With a quaking fear in my heart, She hadn’t said there was something wrong Before she tore us apart. The doctor came in his long white coat, His brow and his face was grim, I said, ‘Don’t tell me the news is bad,’ He said, ‘I’m out on a limb. Your wife just passed from the surgery, But she pulled, from under her clothes, And asked if I’d pass this on to you,’ In his hand was a red, red rose. David Lewis Paget
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Jan 14, 2017
Jan 14, 2017 at 1:10 AM UTC
The Rose
We’d been together so long, it seemed That nothing could tear us apart, We lived our lives in a world of dreams And Barbara lived in my heart, But frost had covered the window pane And then it began to snow, As Barbara turned, with a look of pain And said, ‘It’s best that you go.’ I didn’t know what she meant at first As I looked up from my book, “Go where?’ I questioned, but thought again As she quelled my heart with a look. ‘I said I want you to leave,’ she cried, And her face was set in stone, ‘We’ve come to the end of the path,’ she sighed, ‘I want to be left alone.’ Then suddenly all confusion reined I didn’t know what to say, Whatever had brought this mood on her, I wished it would go away. But she was firm, and she packed my things And ushered me out the door, I stood there shivering in the cold To be back on my own once more. I found a flat and I camped the night There was barely a stick or chair, I’d have to buy all the furniture To make it a home in there. But I sat and cried in the empty room As the question came back, ‘Why?’ I’d loved her so and my heart was torn, I thought I wanted to die. I went to her with my questions, but She slammed the door in my face, Whatever love she had had for me Had vanished, without a trace. It hurt so much that she cut me off With never so much as a sigh, I called that all that I wanted was To tell me the reason, why? The roses had bloomed so late that year Were still in the garden bed, We’d always tended the bush with joy, We both loved the colour red, So I snipped one off as I left one day, And planted it under her door, To let her know that I loved her still I didn’t know how to say more. Her brother called in a week or so, Said she was in hospital, She’d gone in just for a minor cure And thought that he’d better tell. So I caught the bus and I went on down With a quaking fear in my heart, She hadn’t said there was something wrong Before she tore us apart. The doctor came in his long white coat, His brow and his face was grim, I said, ‘Don’t tell me the news is bad,’ He said, ‘I’m out on a limb. Your wife just passed from the surgery, But she pulled, from under her clothes, And asked if I’d pass this on to you,’ In his hand was a red, red rose. David Lewis Paget
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The other day while driving down       a winding country road, I passed a house that took me back      to days so long ago. The shaded porch, the hanging swing,      the oak trees standing guard, The carefully tended flower beds,      the wide expanse of yard, The big ol' wooden rocking chairs      where a soul could sit and drowse, Made me recall so clearly,      time spent at Grandma's house. Grandma's house was always open      to all who happened by. Kith and kin or long-lost friend      were met with a welcome cry. "Come, sit and eat, we'll set another place,      there's always room for one more". And when you left you could look back and see her,      still waving from the open door. Many years have passed, the family is scattered,      And that house is no longer home. But whenever I should happen to pass,      the feeling still comes so strong. That I should stop and visit a while      and a secret or two we'll share. And then on its heels comes the knowledge,      that Grandma's no longer there. All that's left are fond memories      that all of us grandkids have, That we can recall so clearly,       time spent at Grandma's house.
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Apr 22, 2011
Apr 22, 2011 at 12:25 PM UTC
Grandma's House
**** (noun) 1. any undesirable or troublesome plant, especially one that grows profusely where it is not wanted 2. a cigarette 3. ungainly person or animal the weeds in the garden, though sometimes unwanted, sprout from the dirt yet full of life, little in worth, yet lovely. the weeds that we smoke, dangerous to our health, tasting bittersweet like memories yet brings us short-lived ecstasy. the **** of my life, he was nothing but trouble that brought about mirth in my too-perfect garden; he frustrated the people who tended to me, growing back into my life every time they plucked him out. unwanted but lovely. dangerous but lively. he was my whole definition of ****
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Jun 29, 2014
Jun 29, 2014 at 12:40 AM UTC
weeds
You must begin early while it is cool and your head clear discernment, a sharpened tine probing the rocky darkness for all things latent and destructive. Be aware that the velvet sage of the leaves belies their power to take over every space, remember roots burrow deep, anchoring in fissures we don’t even know exist. You must delve as close to the origin as possible or the **** you think eradicated will bide its time, germinating in the still secret ground waiting for light to penetrate the moist earth waking the sprout who voraciously pushes up and out a curled blemish in your otherwise carefully tended garden.
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Nov 3, 2015
Nov 3, 2015 at 8:56 AM UTC
Weeding
When you try to uproot And displace precious lives Remember, Roots grow much deeper For the soil nurtures for ages Not to let go Roots spread their arms Holding tightly to the loving ***** Growing resilience And the trunk of will Leaves of glory, and Fruits of love You may well uproot Feeling triumphant But you cannot displace the roots From then shall spring new foliage For roots are holding hands To create a cradle Where love is tended And thus, born are the bravest You may keep trying But you won’t go deeper than the roots
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Dec 24, 2014
Dec 24, 2014 at 8:21 AM UTC
The Roots
“T'was the night before Christmas ...” and Santa was busy. The reindeer were antsy the elves in a tizzy. The missus was tending the ovens like mad And turning out cookies to make children glad. The wood chips were flying the sawdust was thick The workshop was bulging with toys from St. Nick. Contractors from Sega, Nintendo and Sony Were working on games (and a robotic pony). Iphones and Ipads (with virus removal) Were packed in their boxes and stamped "Elf Approval". Last minute touches were added with flair While elf stylists tended to Santa's white hair. Elf tailors were making some last alterations To Santa's red coat and his waist tribulations. The weather was fair as the weather-elf stated The routes were approved and departure was slated. Bells had been polished and harnesses buffed While repairs were addressed for the hoofs that were scuffed. The antlers were festooned with ribbons and bells And the reindeer were covered with elf flying spells. The clock approached midnight as Santa was seated. The countdown began as the flight crew was greeted. H-hour neared and the tension was growing. Outside it grew cloudy and then, began snowing. But Santa just grinned as the weather-elf winced. "Don't worry, my friend.   Our time has commenced." For the weather was nothing to Santa's conveyance. His reindeer and sleigh were immune to"delay-ance". With a whirl of his whiskers and a flick of his wrist The reindeer were launched in a flash of white mist. And I heard him exclaim through his teleport ray: "ALERT TSA. Tell 'em I'm on my WAY!"
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Dec 22, 2017
Dec 22, 2017 at 9:27 AM UTC
T’was The Night Before Christmas
“T'was the night before Christmas ...” and Santa was busy. The reindeer were antsy the elves in a tizzy. The missus was tending the ovens like mad And turning out cookies to make children glad. The wood chips were flying the sawdust was thick The workshop was bulging with toys from St. Nick. Contractors from Sega, Nintendo and Sony Were working on games (and a robotic pony). Iphones and Ipads (with virus removal) Were packed in their boxes and stamped "Elf Approval". Last minute touches were added with flair While elf stylists tended to Santa's white hair. Elf tailors were making some last alterations To Santa's red coat and his waist tribulations. The weather was fair as the weather-elf stated The routes were approved and departure was slated. Bells had been polished and harnesses buffed While repairs were addressed for the hoofs that were scuffed. The antlers were festooned with ribbons and bells And the reindeer were covered with elf flying spells. The clock approached midnight as Santa was seated. The countdown began as the flight crew was greeted. H-hour neared and the tension was growing. Outside it grew cloudy and then, began snowing. But Santa just grinned as the weather-elf winced. "Don't worry, my friend.   Our time has commenced." For the weather was nothing to Santa's conveyance. His reindeer and sleigh were immune to"delay-ance". With a whirl of his whiskers and a flick of his wrist The reindeer were launched in a flash of white mist. And I heard him exclaim through his teleport ray: "ALERT TSA. Tell 'em I'm on my WAY!"
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We two kept house, the Past and I, The Past and I; I tended while it hovered nigh, Leaving me never alone. It was a spectral housekeeping Where fell no jarring tone, As strange, as still a housekeeping As ever has been known. As daily I went up the stair, And down the stair, I did not mind the Bygone there— The Present once to me; Its moving meek companionship I wished might ever be, There was in that companionship Something of ecstasy. It dwelt with me just as it was, Just as it was When first its prospects gave me pause In wayward wanderings, Before the years had torn old troths As they tear all sweet things, Before gaunt griefs had torn old troths And dulled old rapturings. And then its form began to fade, Began to fade, Its gentle echoes faintlier played At eves upon my ear Than when the autumn’s look embrowned The lonely chambers here, The autumn’s settling shades embrowned Nooks that it haunted near. And so with time my vision less, Yea, less and less Makes of that Past my housemistress, It dwindles in my eye; It looms a far-off skeleton And not a comrade nigh, A fitful far-off skeleton Dimming as days draw by.
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The Ghost Of The Past
I like using fire as an analogy, a metaphor, the punchline for most of my poetry I often describe the heart as if it were a hearth, while its beats were the heat it radiated I see it—sometimes a roaring flame, often times a steady bonfire, other times a dying match. It could scorch you if you aren't careful, but it also provides you warmth and light. A sort of clarity. Comfort. It allows some of the toughest things on Earth to become malleable and mold itself into something new It turns the bitter into sweet, the biting cold to teeth-sinking warm, the tasteless into delicious It allows the spirit to soar with columns of smoke to the heavens while the body becomes fertilizer for daisies It takes beauty, and burns it black and ash to the point of no recognition Fire is so precious, and dangerous, and essential, and beautiful, and ugly—just like this hearth of a heart Tended and regulated well, it's the greatest discovery of mankind Allowed to burn out quick, or spread out of control, then it's the accident that burned down London in 1666 I believe I should end this by saying: find someone who will tend to your hearth as if it were their last dying light, instead of a person who would simply roast marshmallows with forest fires
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Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018 at 5:00 PM UTC
embers
Solvent and solution Kept assuaged for so long Treading in the selfishness of my subconscious state Of barely traceable memories, spurred on by the gravity of time spent At the briefest hint at past involvement Each leaf falls, eventually. Every pristine little well formed tended to. Each nurtured, cared for, parcel or idea. I can watch them for hours Watching them fall, one by one, for hours. When days start to bleed together, out of the corner of my eye, I can always see them, marking progression. Collecting in drifts, then, taken by the wind, then The rot sets in. I used to watch this. I used to find time. The roof cast me in its shadow, even standing along the banister that runs along the length Even as the final rays of sun start to vanish one at a time
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Apr 3, 2018
Apr 3, 2018 at 2:34 PM UTC
Wednesday
Strong currents flow different ways From where the bridge was, after the first plunge Soothed the sun-burnt skin and the hay-splinters Loosed the straw stuck in ears After I left you under the porch light Alone on the other side of the night Where poplars reached for the moon and stars And the cows chewed on bits of memory from when In the cobwebs and calf pens They were brought to life by your gentle hands You crossed two worlds to find me in the darkness But I was not the one you were searching for You prayed for miracles while God stood by, arms crossed Just taking in the sunset and the clouds Like an old tree beside a grave carefully fenced To keep it disheveled amid tended fields Thus the cancer had its way and I could not Fill the void left in your heart or mine With no more tears to soften dry leather I put our hearts on skewers and held them Over the bridge's burning planks Too close and they were immolated Not carefully spun to stay golden and warm inside So I packed my own hollow heart full of nothing Filled the passenger seat, until There was only room for me and the steering wheel And no way to turn
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Mar 5, 2019
Mar 5, 2019 at 6:55 PM UTC
Strong Currents Flow Different Ways
*Friendship Blossoms with care As a soft yellow rose Tended with an innocent love Brings joy*
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Sep 19, 2010
Sep 19, 2010 at 9:14 PM UTC
Friendship (A Cinquain)
To have an epiphany. To realize ‘wow, this is it.’ To see that not everyone has the same heart as you do. As humans, regardless of whether christian, Muslim, Jew or any other religion, we are predisposed to believe the idea that we should treat others the way we want to be treated and that by norms, if we are kind, we should expect kindness in return. But no one actually talks about how rarely, if ever, that happens. In life there is always a garden and a gardener but people haven’t learned yet to take turns and balance out that compliment. A gardener takes care of a garden for decades until one day, they turn frail and die. And the garden will either be tended to by another gardener or will wither away. The world is so full of harsh realities that are hidden. To say that there are only a few genuine people is completely and utterly wrong. For every person there are only a few genuine people. That is correct, so in that sense, yes there are only a few genuine people but in the world there are many of them. These genuine people become involved in a persons life one day and their intentions are undeniably pure. They give and give and give, and that’s the reason that every person only gets a few genuine people; no one realizes who the genuine people are around them, or if they do then they simply dont care enough to think, this person has only tried for me for so long, and I feel warmth in my heart because no one else tried like that. -c.j.m
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Jun 29, 2018
Jun 29, 2018 at 5:55 AM UTC
Null reciprocal
boo croon the sunflowers and **** squeaks the jay this garden was not tended to and when it was, it was done with bitter blisterless hands the weeds are creeping out now and thickening stalks and they move out out out goes any sense trust we grew in this garden. and out out out goes my frothy yellow blood into the humid grounds of the garden and you mop it up and glaze over my barkless parts boo croon the sunflowers and **** squeaks the jay the hose to feed me was bent at angled corners and the water shrieked its way through to come out a subtle flaccid drop by drop by drop on my parched cracked tan sun slapped skins and i was angry that you never felt the need to untangle the hose because you turned the faucet to full volume so you assumed that was all the water you could give and i needed boo croons the sunflowers and **** squeaks the jay the garden is all sand colored and tired and you don’t feel guilty you looked at it every day and squirted what you could on it and picked whatever weeds you saw but you never went beyond what looked pretty to visitors and you let the roots rot across the summer and now that the winter’s fallen in there’s not enough water to keep the garden beating and all the melted snow in the world won’t make up for it
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Jul 12, 2010
Jul 12, 2010 at 11:21 PM UTC
boo croon the sunflowers
The tavern roof was smokey with a pall of blueish ash. The juke box was a- booming as it played "The Monster Mash". A giant puffed a burning witch whilst smoke rings he exhaled.... While victims of our neighbor, Vlad...on stakes were all impaled. The Faceless Man was grinning... from ear to missing ear. The hanged man turned his twisted neck to sip a mug of beer. The Headless Horseman shouted for an aspirin or three. He popped them down his gullet where his head was meant to be. The zombies waited tables and the werewolf tended bar. Mothra was the carhop and took orders car to car. Godzilla worked the griddle and served burgers ala carte. Dracula complained about the steak caught in his heart. Ghosts and ghouls were dancing with abandon on the stage While cyborgs did "the robot" 'cause they thought it was the rage. The mummy came unraveled as we took him for a "spin" As Frankenstein played tuba to contribute to the din. Igor brought "the monster" and then Freddie brought his claw. Jason brought his butcher knife and his buddy from "The Saw". The guillotine was working and the raven refereed So nevermore would pardons be allowed to intercede. The pendulum was swinging to the beating of my heart. I hoped that I would wake up soon... then did so...with a START! Halloween is coming.  So, I guess I should prepare. Watch out for bars with men from Mars... 'cause BEASTIES party there!
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Oct 23, 2017
Oct 23, 2017 at 6:45 AM UTC
The Tavern of Terror
I visited the place where we last met. Nothing was changed, the gardens were well-tended, The fountains sprayed their usual steady jet; There was no sign that anything had ended And nothing to instruct me to forget. The thoughtless birds that shook out of the trees, Singing an ecstasy I could not share, Played cunning in my thoughts. Surely in these Pleasures there could not be a pain to bear Or any discord shake the level breeze. It was because the place was just the same That made your absence seem a savage force, For under all the gentleness there came An earthquake tremor: Fountain, birds and grass Were shaken by my thinking of your name.
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Absence
The scent of the pollen allured her, hanging in the still air of the morning. She would stop in her travel and visit each flower that she found. The precious nectar oozed from deep within the petals and she would thirstily drink at each one. She would gently land in the scented shade of each blossom and coax the precious nourishment from it. She never gorged, but rather drank from each flower what it was willing to give. Some were full and over ripe and bursting with the honeyed juice. Others had a smaller treasure, but she would drink lovingly of their gift leaving them an offering of pollen as a thanks. Her small, delicate tongue would gently lick and probe the recesses of the flower hunting the sweetness inside. The pollen on her coat would touch with the very deepest innards of the bloom and enter its very core. Her gift, as she suckled each part, was imparted into the scented womb of the softly petaled blossom. Each flower awaited her coming and spread wide it’s scented opening for her to enter. Their swollen pistils would be gorged with the potential for life and their gently glistening stamens would tempt her to feed on their sticky juices. The soft buzzing of her wings caressed the delicate parts of the fragrant blooms with a gentle breeze as she drank her sustenance. She sheltered in the colored shade of petals, hung round her like colored sheets, as she took what each one had to offer. When she was done she would move on to the next, slowly and deliberately milking the juice of life from each one. Every flower needed her and each one did what it could to tempt her in. Some threw heavy fragrance into the air so she could catch their scent while others bared their large and swollen glands so she could see their abundance. She traveled from bloom to bloom, sometimes enticed by the shaded shelter, and other times the sight of glistening pollen. But she fed on each one, large and small, and in each one she left her gift. The pollen that she carried would be imparted on each ***** stamen as she fed. The glistening end of the shaft was soft and sticky and waiting for the pollen that would carry on its life. While she fed each day, there was a gardener who tended to her plants. He took gentle care of them, weeding and pruning and tending to their needs. The flowers that she fed on were his future sustenance and he tended her as well. He would follow her sometimes through his garden and watch as she gently buzzed from plant to plant. She was used to his watchful eyes as he watched her drink from each bloom. He knew that his crop depended on her and he would peer into the bedding of petals as she caressed the sweetness from each one with her tongue. Her long tongue would probe deep into the recesses of the fragrant flower and find every drop of nectar. The gardener watched as she carried on the cycle of life for him and would wait for days to see the swollen fruits of her labor burgeoning from his plants. When she left each flower satisfied with their delicious treat, she would fly off to the next, not knowing that a seed would be swelling in the gorged pistil that she just left. And so it went as the bee buzzed her life away every day. The gardener would be there among his carefully tended crops, watching and waiting as she moved among the flowers. His gaze would follow her as she traveled through the foliage and landed amongst the blooms. Every day he would watch as she coaxed the sweet nectar from each one and left her gift in return.
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Jan 17, 2014
Jan 17, 2014 at 2:03 PM UTC
The Bee
The scent of the pollen allured her, hanging in the still air of the morning. She would stop in her travel and visit each flower that she found. The precious nectar oozed from deep within the petals and she would thirstily drink at each one. She would gently land in the scented shade of each blossom and coax the precious nourishment from it. She never gorged, but rather drank from each flower what it was willing to give. Some were full and over ripe and bursting with the honeyed juice. Others had a smaller treasure, but she would drink lovingly of their gift leaving them an offering of pollen as a thanks. Her small, delicate tongue would gently lick and probe the recesses of the flower hunting the sweetness inside. The pollen on her coat would touch with the very deepest innards of the bloom and enter its very core. Her gift, as she suckled each part, was imparted into the scented womb of the softly petaled blossom. Each flower awaited her coming and spread wide it’s scented opening for her to enter. Their swollen pistils would be gorged with the potential for life and their gently glistening stamens would tempt her to feed on their sticky juices. The soft buzzing of her wings caressed the delicate parts of the fragrant blooms with a gentle breeze as she drank her sustenance. She sheltered in the colored shade of petals, hung round her like colored sheets, as she took what each one had to offer. When she was done she would move on to the next, slowly and deliberately milking the juice of life from each one. Every flower needed her and each one did what it could to tempt her in. Some threw heavy fragrance into the air so she could catch their scent while others bared their large and swollen glands so she could see their abundance. She traveled from bloom to bloom, sometimes enticed by the shaded shelter, and other times the sight of glistening pollen. But she fed on each one, large and small, and in each one she left her gift. The pollen that she carried would be imparted on each ***** stamen as she fed. The glistening end of the shaft was soft and sticky and waiting for the pollen that would carry on its life. While she fed each day, there was a gardener who tended to her plants. He took gentle care of them, weeding and pruning and tending to their needs. The flowers that she fed on were his future sustenance and he tended her as well. He would follow her sometimes through his garden and watch as she gently buzzed from plant to plant. She was used to his watchful eyes as he watched her drink from each bloom. He knew that his crop depended on her and he would peer into the bedding of petals as she caressed the sweetness from each one with her tongue. Her long tongue would probe deep into the recesses of the fragrant flower and find every drop of nectar. The gardener watched as she carried on the cycle of life for him and would wait for days to see the swollen fruits of her labor burgeoning from his plants. When she left each flower satisfied with their delicious treat, she would fly off to the next, not knowing that a seed would be swelling in the gorged pistil that she just left. And so it went as the bee buzzed her life away every day. The gardener would be there among his carefully tended crops, watching and waiting as she moved among the flowers. His gaze would follow her as she traveled through the foliage and landed amongst the blooms. Every day he would watch as she coaxed the sweet nectar from each one and left her gift in return.
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The urgent care is the nursery Where I choose my seeds with thought. The doctor is the gardener Who knows how to fix what I’ve wrought. She sows the seeds inside my skin, Yet not with a trowel or *** She uses a needle and surgical thread, With budding knots lined up in a row. Then she leaves me with my tidy ground And some knowledge on how I should care For the lined up plot she’s left to me, Whose potential I’m required to bear. The deep rivet I slashed into my skin Is where the seedlings take root. The blood from my veins keeps them moist As the new blossoms stand resolute. But when the weather grows dark and dreary, My sprouts need cover from the cold. So I bundle them up with jeans and sweats To protect them and let them take hold. But despite the layers I pile atop, The small spiny blooms poke through. I run my fingers back and forth, And marvel at how fast they grew. Then after they’ve grown for fourteen days, I return to the nursery at last. The gardener plucks and prunes and picks ‘Til the wounds and the blooms come to pass. So now the perennials have passed us by, And the sprouts have been taken to bin. The wound that watered my seedlings’ through, Has left but a scar on my skin.
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Jan 23, 2022
Jan 23, 2022 at 11:20 AM UTC
my garden, tender and tended
Forever I denied the loveliness of wildflowers. Never wanting to admit I admire their wild beauty at play or that I felt like I was one of their own. So I took a long slumber that lasted more then winter always denying thy name. Ever changing and ever growing deep inside my earthly darkness. Creating weeds and spreading external havoc across fields luscious and green. Believing wild to be a treacherous thing. All consuming and never steady, never perfect as a rose tended in a garden. But then I awoke one day from my slumber and looked across the wondrous sky. Seeing for the first time all the beautiful colors that wildflowers create- pink, blue, yellow, and golden orange mixed into seas of green. I knew then and there I was claimed. Forever growing, forever being- beautifully imperfect like a wildflower. Wildflower I sang- at last accepting my name.
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Feb 4, 2017
Feb 4, 2017 at 12:54 PM UTC
Wildflower
Who would have guessed — when I tilted my heart toward baby lizard, perched on a colored desert stone, she’d blink one eye at me, turn to smile, it seemed, and lend a listening ear? I’d only said in a lizard way “I love you”. Who would have thought — when that stone had heard me loving her, it would, it seem, speak back? Loving stone too, I was! Stone, I so admire your villages. I smile toward your many stone peoples. I eavesdrop on universal questions posed around sacred fires carefully tended. And around one hearth, among cinder specks scattered – one minute wisp, one grain of cinder there. Dare I say I love you too? For in that cinder grain I hear — worlds of stars, sweetly singing! By way of explanation, reader friend, such is what a practice of Loving All Beings Equally has made of me. A crazy being? Could be. But would you nonetheless accept the possibilities and likewise go love adventuring? If you’d prefer, we all could earnestly and objectivity talk it through. Or say ~ Love come! Come! Speak through us. We are listening.
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Oct 1, 2018
Oct 1, 2018 at 2:55 PM UTC
Equal Loving
Since there is no escape, since at the end My body will be utterly destroyed, This hand I love as I have loved a friend, This body I tended, wept with and enjoyed; Since there is no escape even for me Who love life with a love too sharp to bear: The scent of orchards in the rain, the sea And hours alone too still and sure for prayer — Since darkness waits for me, then all the more Let me go down as waves sweep to the shore In pride; and let me sing with my last breath; In these few hours of light I lift my head; Life is my lover—I shall leave the dead If there is any way to baffle death.
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Since There Is No Escape
Standing on the Precipice of Time.... Watching the birds fall from the sky... Life is getting lifeless... listless, unruly And who or what is killing the bees? Flowers that have lost their fragrance... Words that have double meanings - Life is filled with uncertainty - surely. I observe the mountains as they melt Into the ****** sea Fish are floating - not swimming Animals disappearing while lifeless, lonely trees Seem to glare at the sun Begging for air - no oxygen to spare What has happened to this paradise of ours? Did we fall asleep and slumber too much While wasting the hours? Did we think it would last forever While we tended it not... Consuming, consuming - eating & drinking Leaving it all in a pile to rot
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Jan 2, 2015
Jan 2, 2015 at 9:38 PM UTC
Our Disappearing World ©2015, Willowmena Wren
to run a mess of things lies, ties, and unspeakable rings, you cannot convince me if you were a gypsy spun so fine, claiming things, unknown klepto, funny, thought i would never know? unlike you, though... i did let go. in dance a rebounded, but failed, fanned romance, a verbal tribute to bounce around my notebook. take a long look see the crystal, can you see it at all? but even if i fall, i still remain ive heard the rumors of fire and fire ive once experienced that ****** up desire. but i fight bold, whilst you fight cold your little "friends" line-- was rehearsed and old. so if you are a gypsy can you too take a journey leave the past, and never come back? cause the only person honestly qualified was the one whom couldnt lie. but to see the eventual Fail. and watch you come crawling tended an open wound and got the ball all rolling. if you were a gypsy you would have known me long before, you opened this door and forever remembered as a .... funny, its predictable to know how i am prepared with this and much more but now i know i am capable. so, if you were a gypsy you would have flown free once the parasite could be breached he could have happy...? but unlike a gypsy you dont have the grace but its all too easy when his resin is all over your face.
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Apr 29, 2012
Apr 29, 2012 at 9:08 PM UTC
Gypsy