I love the spring and seeing the garden come back to life,  but I always wonder what it would be like to find a gate, open it slowly, and see a secret garden all hidden from the world.  To be able to walk through it and explore and find my inner self and be at peace.  Then to leave it behind for another to find and enjoy it.   This poem came from that idea

Secret Garden

Tantalising glimpses of a hidden world

a secret paradise behind a closed door

tranquillity and peace to be found

come, open the gate, enter and explore.

see everything as if for the first time

standing there slowly taking it all in

wander around this beautiful place

for now your adventure here can begin

walking slowly down the gravel path

taking in the whole feel of the garden

the air is filled with the scent of roses

this wondrous place is a secret haven

strolling through the overhanging catkins

emerging, you discover a small pond

with its trickling waters passing through

helping your inner nature to respond

so amble through this wonderful place

enjoy all that it has to offer you

but hold its secrets deep within your heart

please remember when you go, close the gate too!

(C) Lissie Bull 2021

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