Last year, no, the year before that
we planted Lavender and peonies
and Chrysanthemum, some Perennials too
Plants with strange names, Unfamiliar scents
All thrive in partial to full sun
I don't know what that really means
I lack a green thumb
It was my sister's idea
To help me Focus on things that could be
And to let go of the rest
Like planning and planting
and taking care of flowers can help people let go
But this is almost like what I was doing before
Like not letting go
Trying to control the uncontrollable
And I wasn't even doing anything.
I don't have to do anything.
I told myself, "I will only stand there
and stare at them
I will stand in front of these plants
every single day of the year
I will ask them
What's new in their life
Are they blooming yet?
Are they happy there?
Am I upsetting them?"
But the chipmunks.
Lavenders were there to keep the chipmunks away
In less than a year, they ate them all
one by one, tugging them in from underground,
leaving empty flowerbeds with holes behind
Lavenders repel chipmunks. I did my homework
Lavenders were the last ones to go
Chipmunks made them purposeless first
Lavenders found it easy to let go
of themselves
once they had nothing to lose or to save
Today. someone handed me
a raspberry starter plant
To celebrate spring
And someone else advised me
to put a fence around it this time
.That little plastic one
her third-grade voice is full of promise
She has a berry plant in her backyard
And she knows EveryThing about it
But if I keep it in a miniature four-inch pot
chipmunks can't eat these, I reason.
Maybe, but it might be very hard, she said
This Plant usually grows big,
like four feet wide
she widened her arms
as much as she could …
I know it will never grow four feet wide
In my backyard,
It is safe in partial sun by the window
Where I will stare at it every day
for no reason at all.
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