We All Bloom In Sweet Time

On a frosty morning

in this valley garden

few do see
this rare bush filled with light.

It is Chinese Buddleja fallowiana

which buds for many months

  until we see,

 her shimmering beauty.

Today she whispered

 watch here
 for the

softest, gentle
 lights of mauve

showing
 through these silver buds

before we burst with joy

as fragrance fills the winters air

and bees arrive from everywhere.

The best is coming

and certainly worth waiting for

as nature spirits hum along 

while the days are short,

  boosting blooms to spring forth.

 Then perfume will bring

the superb fragrance of No5,
 truly, fruitful 

and naturally alive

 coming from heavenly skies.

Chinese Buddleja fallowiana