carefully nurtured
only to wither away
they spread love, fragrance
flowers teach many lessons
about loving, letting go
Poetics: Garden(ing)
Empty-nesters
carefully nurtured
only to wither away
they spread love, fragrance
flowers teach many lessons
about loving, letting go
Poetics: Garden(ing)
Reena Saxena 
Oh that’s true! They bloom and then they leave us, to find their own way.
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Glad you could relate to it ☺️
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Gorgeous poem, Reena.
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Thank you so much, Jeff!
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You’re welcome, Reena!
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Beautifyl tanka Reena! 🙂
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Thank you, Rob!
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They do indeed teach us about loving and letting go……..an endless cycle.
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I’ll add to it – If they come back, they are yours. Else, it was a karmic contract that ended.
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oh that is so very true… there’s a lot what a garden can teach us if we listen carefully
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Thank you, Claudia!
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They do indeed …. the best kind of lessons, lessons to last a lifetime.
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Thank you, Helen!
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a rose by another doth smelleth sweet
a child rash or mild
is not yours
but a human being budding too
hoot~
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Beautiful!
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Thanks 🙂
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😉
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Reblogged this on NEW OPENED BLOG > https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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Yes. Nature can teach us so much. My oldest is going away to college this year so we are one step closer to being empty nesters ourselves. We have to make the most of the time we have with them whether it’s our children or if it’s our flowers
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Thanks, Brian! Glad you could relate to it.
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Lovely poem Reena
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Thank you, Sadje!
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You’re welcome 👍
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