Wait and See

Every year I love this time

when the blue Grape Hyacinths

flower and shine

and all those bells ring in tune

with the perfect gift

of musk perfume.

So every year I say the same

“Oh, I love to see you here again”

bringing joy in Winter,

following on

from those cold dark nights,

comes your beacon shining bright.

What this first flower of the day

has to tell me,

has to say, is:

“Let us all grow strong and clear,

let us be a glimpse of cheer,

let us know

and in awareness show,

that in every moment there is ‘now’,

so peace and gentleness may shine through

anytime you are feeling ‘blue’.

For some of us, including me

this vivid blue colour

calls across, like no other,

and yes I see, literally,

so much beauty

shining in a simple way,

a lighthouse of bells calling to us,

“the present is now, believe and trust”.

Observing plants is a joy to me,

plant a bulb

then wait and see…….

patience does reward us all

with colourful delights from the soil.

(Written on August 12, 2013 with Muscari armeniacum/ blue Grape Hyacinth)