Saturday, May 25, 2024

a leaf says

 
 
 
 




A leaf says,

“Sweethearts—don’t pick me,
For I am busy doing
God’s work.

I am lowering my veins and roots
Like ropes
With buckets tied to them
Into the earth’s deep
Lake.

I am drawing water
That I offer like a rose to
The sky.

I am a singing cleaning woman
Dusting all the shelves in
The air
With my elegant green
Rags.

I have a heart.
I can know happiness like
You.



~ Hafiz
from The Subject Tonight is Love:
Sixty Wild and Sweet Poem of Hafiz
photo of Daisugi pruning technique
 

 
 
 

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