FRIDAY 3rd DECEMBER
Watching the lilies open slowly for the next few December mornings reminds me peace is always becoming
Day 3 Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgement.
Peace is not an ‘is’ it is a ‘becoming’
Hale Selassie
while doing a grocery shop
you suggested buying flowers
i chose the day lilies
long slender stems tightly budded
their colour yet to be revealed
a navy blue vase
the last gift from my mother
i arranged them
to await the first peep of colour
they would open as they chose
we patiently watered waited
worked and dined
at the table with them
the buds stirred
blossomed each a surprise
some yellow some white
lightly speckled petals
every time i noticed them
they made me smile
you suggested buying flowers –
that has doubled the pleasure
Colleen Keating from my upcoming book ‘The Light Gets In‘ to be published early 2024
Photos taken in the last lockdown as I followed each bud open and found gratitude singing in me.