Solitude

I sit in the garden
preparing cut backs for kindling
they'll dry through the summer

and then crackle all winter.
The sun shines, shines for me
enforced solitude
I chat to wildlife
to my toe nails
that I will paint
once assured summer is here.

Not a good day
I tread heavily, my walking stick
and I, we are old friends
he props me up, an heirloom
carved and handworn,
a burst of energy
I whack at a nettle
my partner in crime.

In the garden, me and leo
my eversun
I enjoy the music,
perhaps later
I will stoop
and play to the roses
I planted the other day.

The cat watches me
a paw on the mint
I sprinkle water
a trickle of light
and life

I am so lucky
I have a paradise here
and all is peace in my world
and solitude has
never seemed so splendid before.




Poetry by Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2020-04-07 at 12:02

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AFRODITE STATHI
Beautiful work!!I will try to find peace with my solitude next time i am in my garden.
2020-05-27


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2020-05-02


shells
I sense the appreciation of the simple things around you, time, sun and nature. The stillness of solitude and that "all is well moment" sighs.
2020-04-07


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
This is wonderful, Elle. I may follow your example and have a little chat with my toenails, now that it's warm enough to bring them out of hiding.
2020-04-07


josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
This is lovely Elle. You paint a calming gentle picture I thoroughly enjoyed visualizing.
2020-04-07


Bibek The PoetBay support member heart!
The solitude of the garden definitely seems like a safe haven. I love the vivid details and their specificity.
2020-04-07



Luminous. I cherish the specificity, the freshness with which you convey the details, and the humour.
2020-04-07