A silent gardener

A man keeps planting flowers in a place no one visits.

It's not that the place is heavily guarded so no one can enter.
Or that the place is so complex, like love, many people are afraid to give it a chance.
It's not like that.

It is just an easy path to cross over to see that place where a man keeps planting flowers.

Expressionally, he loves what he’s doing.
At no point does he need someone who would appreciate him for his work.
He needs no one who would clap for him,
or criticize him, saying he doesn’t do it right and should work harder.

It's not like that.

No living breath has ever even touched the idea of planting flowers in a place no one visits.
But that man got it on his own.

He loves what he’s doing — but no one knows why.

And as the narrator,
I am also scared to see that place.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025


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Date: 8/25/2025 11:49:00 AM
Hello Nobody pen, so nice to meet you. I am wondering why you are scared. he enjoys to plant flowers. making the afrea beautiful with flowers. Enjoy your day my friend. /Darlene/
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Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 8/31/2025 10:25:00 AM
Hello Nobody Pen, yes Nobody Pen we both stated a great day. Enjoy your weekend my friend. /Darlene/
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The bloody Pen
Date: 8/30/2025 10:01:00 PM
That’s the beauty of poetry, Darlene. You can refer to anything by any means, and it will still carry a meaning in your way. I think after sending this comment, we both have started to get a great day.
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Date: 8/29/2025 10:58:00 AM
Hello Nobody Pen, Yes i agree sometimes the reader may get a different meaning when reading the metaphor. Some peole would interpret the metaphor differently. Enjoy your daay my friend. /Darlene/
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The bloody Pen
Date: 8/29/2025 1:56:00 AM
Some metaphors are better unexplained , Darlene. Thank you for wondering. Have a good evening too my friend.”
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Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 8/27/2025 2:37:00 PM
hello nobody Pen, Oh, a metaphor for a poem. I wonder what it is. Anyway enjoy your evening my friend. Enjoy your evening my friend. /Darlene/
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The bloody Pen
Date: 8/26/2025 4:41:00 AM
It's a metaphor for something which is not mentioned in the poem.
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Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 8/25/2025 11:51:00 AM
I want to welcome you to poetry soup. /Darlene/
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