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Linking with Poetry Jam for the "Thirst" prompt.
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. ~Emily Dickinson
I am wilted and parched in places
that the sun and man shall never see
in my heart's garden of utter regrets
that grow wild on the plenty of complacency.
Pick the roses step on the orchids
pull the weeds if you dare,
but please God water the deepest roots
before my outer foliage becomes bare.
People and plants both must have water to live and in many ways are very much alike. If you nurture the roots, the outer foliage is always more lovely. The same is true for a human heart. If you feed the soul with the fruits of the spirit, then the evidence is always seen on the outside as well. What goes in has a way of bearing witness on the outside as well. We can hide many faults within our outer armor, but some things just cannot be hidden. We can starve the soul for a while but sooner or later the malnourishment is visible for the world to see. The different is that the garden relies on man to feed its fold, and man relies on God. Yet there is still another difference; God allows us the choice to accept Him or deny Him. He is the soul's watering can, but only we can choose to pour it in.
that the sun and man shall never see
in my heart's garden of utter regrets
that grow wild on the plenty of complacency.
Pick the roses step on the orchids
pull the weeds if you dare,
but please God water the deepest roots
before my outer foliage becomes bare.
People and plants both must have water to live and in many ways are very much alike. If you nurture the roots, the outer foliage is always more lovely. The same is true for a human heart. If you feed the soul with the fruits of the spirit, then the evidence is always seen on the outside as well. What goes in has a way of bearing witness on the outside as well. We can hide many faults within our outer armor, but some things just cannot be hidden. We can starve the soul for a while but sooner or later the malnourishment is visible for the world to see. The different is that the garden relies on man to feed its fold, and man relies on God. Yet there is still another difference; God allows us the choice to accept Him or deny Him. He is the soul's watering can, but only we can choose to pour it in.
