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A Delightful Garden of Friendship

Modest Russian flowers 

Are blossoming on my balcony

In the summer:

Geraniums, camomiles, small roses, 

Carnations, nasturtiums and a decorative string bean.

It is my tiny garden

Under the roof of the twelfth floor of the house.

But the sun

Every morning welcomes us,

And the charming fluffy bumblebees visit each flower.

We have no summer residence 

Or our own garden on the earth.

Therefore a balcony 

Is our favourite place.

Somewhere far away,

on the other side of this planet

my friends live in their countries.

I never met them in person,

But I see their faces and characters,

I hear their thoughts and fine poetry,

I feel joy and pain of their souls.

I love my familiar unfamiliar friends

And I miss them.

But soon they will send me

Seeds of their own gardens 

and of their own home flowers.

How  wonderful  it will be –

to have boxes or pots with flowers

from each of them!

I shall look at their flowers, 

To think about my far friends

and to pray this summer 

on the twelfth floor, on my balcony

In a delightful Garden of Friendship.

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