Flowers are beautiful
so are trees
yet they look totally different
As the trees grow
And the seasons change
The petals fall off of the flowers
and the leaves fall off of the trees
Yet, they are still beautiful
They have a simple magnificence about them
A magnificence that can’t be identified
Yet is clearly seen
and clearly felt
But instead of watering them
Instead of laying fresh soil
Instead of putting in the work to garden
We cut the flowers and the trees down
We build big tall buildings in their place
We forget the flowers and the trees existed
We forget how they shined when they were watered
We forget that they were here first
We lose sight of what they taught us
The gifts that they brought into our lives
Before the big tall buildings
Before we dug up the roots
Before we threw the roots into the trash
Those flowers and trees were growing
We didn’t kill them by caring too much
We killed them by caring too little
Take a look around you
What are you watering
What are you ignoring
What are you handing off to someone else “to fix”
How can you make a difference for the flowers and the trees that are striving to grow around you?
How can you help them to continue to grow long after you are gone?
Because without the flowers bees could not exist and without the bees you and I would not be here
Do the work
Water your garden
Till the soil
And speak to those plants with love
copyright 2019 by Andrea Leigh Cox
