Secret Garden

Week 13

The landscape was filled with hidings aplenty. Even though strange happenings often occurred here, curious people came in droves each summer. Lush greens and vibrant purples blanketed rich earth. Trees hushed solemnly. What if they found out what was drawing them all in?
"This place is incredible," I heard my next victims exclaim. After their footsteps stilled, I lurched out and grabbed them, two unexpecting lovers. Leaves crunched under heavy foot as I dragged them back to my home. The garden around us laughed wickedly, another story to savour.

~ P

Crawling though thriving shrubbery
Giddy with anticipation
The gate to a world of wonder
Dewy from precipitation

Calming feelings that wash the senses
The tickle of cool morning breeze
Along sun rays that tender skin
For prickle from heaped deadfall leaves

My destination brings comfort
Sitting with my knees to my chest
Within a small void of the bush
Getting a moment of sweet rest

~ J