Wednesday 17 September 2014

Fairies in my mind


In my garden now
Where hard toil reaps my reward
There’s competition

In the breezy springtime
Be so careful how you go
Strangers are afoot

You will discover
So many hairy monsters
Have their work to do

Moths and Butterflies
Have laid their eggs in love
Eat my vegetables

Should I begrudge them?
They’re so beautiful when grown
Fairies in my mind


Image from www.butterflycircle.blogspot.com

11 comments:

  1. Does your mind work in, um, strange ways? You know: hairy monsters as fairies? ;)

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  2. One tends to forgive them for what they are going to be! That is being noble! Great lines old egg!

    Hank

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  3. Better fairies in your mind that gremlins gnawing away at it:)

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  4. I guess we each have to decide whether we will grow vegetables or butterflies!

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  5. or just eat nibbled vegetables. doesn't sound so bad. :) this was lovely.

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  6. Hopefully you won't accidentally eat one with your lettuce!

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  7. I love that garden...i suspect it is a head one partly...a great place to cultivate fairies..we all need to do that at times

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  8. I have the same mixed feelings about caterpillars.

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  9. wonderful description of a garden

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  10. I am absolutely enthralled by the caterpillar to moth/butterfly transformation. It's absolutely magical. But I still squash them if they are on my vegetable.

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