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cinnamon seeps into the home and I can already smell the sugar crumble

a fragrance of childhood innocence captures memories and recollections

different times they were when fresh food could only be bought in season

or harvested from a garden plot that teased my taste buds when growing


beans and potatoes where for the winter alongside spicy pickled cucumber

carrots and beet root were quietly flourishing under cover of fertile soil

to warm as soup longing hearts and bodies when the heating stayed cold

it was post-war and my family still remembered frost bombs and hunger


giving shelter a garden loo I remember was painted and faded in Royal Blue

with a heart carved out into the door although there was probably none

every time you sat there you knew you were producing valuable compost

sustainable living is neither a very modern invention nor flatulent science


behind it a rampant blueberry hedge stood tall and proud in the autumn

you had to duck and stretch out to pick the harvest from thorny branches

did not mind the scratches and bleeding because hunters and gatherers

know that food on the table required skill resilience as well as tough toil


the lacerations were like medals and badges of honour for the pickers

fuelled the collection bucked mixed with sweat from young skin full of

endurance purpose and meaningful clusters of patience and strong hope

for life pastry and home cooking in years when food had not to be fast


much later a psychotherapy lecturer painted a picture of therapeutics

and reminded me that blueberry crumble starts with flowering beauty

proceeds through passion and effort with spiky endeavour to seed

and preserving fruit and effort is a necessary rite of passage to reap


I have succumbed to taking my pills and they assist me on my journey

but when I feel blue I sit in my garden and listen for birds in the hedge

share crops with bees and grateful wasps in silence no sting in the tale

eat biscuits and feast on remembrance so that my nostrils fill with joy


21st August 2020
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