THE EMPTY GARDEN

A seed buried in the ground

of this empty garden;

Soil tenderly weeded

and watered with nourishment

as

Happy with his hands in the dirt
he hears the sweet earth song that tarries in the breeze.
Planting life and hope in sunken

The London Leaf sweeper

He works tirelessly alone sweeping the leaves

That didn’t fall from above but fell from the

The Gardener's Dream

The gardener appeared again

just outside the tomb

and told the woman

to fear not as he would ascend soon.

He was the