I Worked in the Garden Today….

I worked in the garden today, raking and picking up leaves, Digging out weeds, scraping up stones that shouldn’t be there. I found violet leaves, half curled, in cluster- lily-of-the-valley, too, Bravely sticking up slender tongues through soil made newly bare. Twigs and branches that a few weeks ago were brittle and scabby brown, Were now tinged with green, their buds full and nearly bursting; Promising the full leaf of flower each held within its tiny folds, They welcomed soft breezes,...