Parts Rejoin the Whole

Gardens grow through glowing summer days,
Exhuberantly flaunt their fairest flowers,
Refusing to accept Time’s t[r]apped the hours
And crosses out who welcome overstay.
Roots wither, seer, sap fails, life’s passing ph[r]ase
Dares test eternity before it sours,
Defies tomorrow before which it cowers
As cycles spin and Man Time’s piper pays.
Hope flourished for a while, then final blaze
Affords example of our finite powers.
Numb memory stumbles over tumbled towers -
Departing spirit’s half-life fast decays.
Ends are tied as ties are left behind,
PARTS rejoin the [w]hole, all senses blind.

© Jonathan Robin robi3_0815_robi3_0000 ASX_DJN 12 June 1996 G.D. In Memoriam

poem by Jonathan Robin
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