Being in Your Succulent Greenhouse

 

     By Julian Richardson

 

 

      Overalls

      Light blue, sturdy, and rugged

      Bright green hills smother the floor

      And the soil, soft brown

5    Submerges the plants.

      The roof pointed toward blue

      Four walls

      Becoming sturdier through time

      Stand tall, protecting the growing life.

10  Bright orange burns through the glass

      Stained with 12 years of rain and snow.

      Weathered.

      Pots sit in clusters

      Claiming their space.

15  Sitting at a workbench,

     With soil and seeds stacked atop it,

      You work away, deep in practice

      For this has always been your vice

      From my birth to my current age

20 Raising me as well as the plants

      For being in your succulent garden

      Brings growth to the flowers

      And peace of mind from the outside.

      As the world begins to decay

25 You sit in solitude and nurture these seeds

      Into beautiful succulents

      And repeat this care each day.