The Old Woman

Fragile, Natural, Wild (with Magaly) – in theĀ Garden

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The Old Woman

they treat you like
a fragile thing
a precious flower
made of glass

they fear you will
shatter to pieces
if they tell
the truth

but you are strong
a woman forged
of broken pieces
fused together

Heirloom Gardening

Weekend Mini Challenge: People and Places
Welcome to the Weekend Mini Challenge with Kim from writinginnorthnorfolk.com!


Heirloom Gardening

she spent the summer bent over
planting
weeding
harvesting
and I watched from my kitchen window

an old woman with a cane she used to search for
beans
cucumbers
strawberries
and I was the beneficiary of her labor

now I am the old woman in a garden
sowing seeds
saved
by her
and I harvest a bit of her with each picking