The Dying Gardener

As she rendered him 
His daily medication
He noticed nobility

Beaming 
Over her 
Lovely, pinker face

Wisdom
Love
And purity

Had curved
Her inner
And outside beauty 

“If God permits me...
To live a little longer
Surely, I’ll sow my seeds on her!” he said
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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