Did I
Close my eyes
For a moment,
Briefly
Leave the room,
Or turn my back?
Were the trees
Not bare
With hardly a sprinkling
Of green?
Were the borders
Not empty,
Straggly and brown?
Were posts
Unclothed,
Rosebuds
Tight and unyielding,
Sweet peas
Mere seedlings?
Each new leaf
A miracle,
Each emerging clump
Small, but perfect,
All long lost friends
Welcomed back.
Then suddenly…
Abundance!
But surely
It did not happen
Overnight…
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Rambling in the Garden 
Well it seemed like it all happened overnight! Nice one Cathy.
Thanks Jude. I went out for a last ramble after I had posted the end of month view, so it was well into the evening, and it really did feel as if it had moved up a gear since I was out in it earlier…
Beautiful, Cathy!
Thanks Kris
Loved reading your poetry about welcoming long lost friends, Cathy. I’m so grateful that the miracle of renewal has returned after such a long winter of hibernation. 🙂
Thank you Olga – there are so many pleasures to be found in a garden, and this continuity and renewal is at the heart of it
Wow!
Super nice, Cathy!
Congratulations!
Real Gramas
Thank you – it seems ages since I wrote any poetry
Maybe not overnight, but within a week or two here! LOL! We were almost watching the grass grow a fortnight ago. 😉
I went for a ramble after I had posted the EOMV video and it really did feel different!
It seemed to happen almost overnight this year Cathy 😂 As always it’s good to see a poem from you.
And I was pleased to write one, Anna, as it has been ages since the last one. I know the garden does change rapidly at this time of year, but somehow it really did seem to happen in an instant this year…