Mary's Magic Garden

 

 

Mary in her Garden

Step into Mary's magic garden-
it has everything!
In July, new-blooming red lilies, scented queens.
Perennial roses.
Tall jewelweed, to protect us!
Butterfly bush, tall mullein for your breathing,
a million fig trees!
Lush ferns, nasturtiums for salad,
and in the back, the tallest sunflowers
turn to honor the goddess Saule throughout the day.
You are blessed by Mary's garden,
we are all blessed...
for each week she gathers a bouquet of astonishment,
this and that, flowers and ferns,
fronds and fruits,
for all of us to honor each other
and the thank the Goddess for this bountiful, beautiful life.
There is a mirror in the birdbath!
For you,
for you and for me.

Annelinde Metzner
Black Mountain, NC
July 21, 2025 

Fig trees