DELAYNE PERRY

Flowers In My Garden

In my garden were many flowers

Some I only sprinkled

Some I tended for hours

They came to me as seed

I could only imagine their beauty

Tender caring was their need

So I just did my duty.

I planted in good soil

I called them all by name

I did not really toil

I loved them all the same.

Then they broke through the earth

Just some green I could see...

It was a great kind of birth~

And now the seed had been made free~

I greeted them with a smile

Then I satisfied their thirst

I gazed for just a while

Each one precious as the first!

I watched them stretch

Spreading their arms out wide

Eager for the light

That would penetrate inside~

Day after day stronger

And more beautiful they grew;

As the sun smiled down upon them

Soon they'd leave me, this I knew.

As their roots spread underneath

Their heads were opened wide

Their colors and perfume

Had been growing strong inside!

I watched them and enjoyed them

For I knew there was a reason

God had blessed me with this garden

But it was only for a season!

DeLayne Victoria Perry

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