Seeds in the Garden

God sows seeds of joy

in my heart

Everlasting joy

to nurture

          acceptance

love

Tend the shoots

care

understanding

Tend my garden

with the hands

                of the Father.

Brought to full bloom 

Still

the fruit

of my labor

            withers and dies.

So shall the laborer.

Only

to be reborn

in

My Father’s garden.