Heart Custody Poem by Sentamu Aziz

Fertile like no soil
For weeds and crops to sprout
So homely beyond comfort
A mother for the cursed and blessed
Absorber of all shock
Recipient of all that strikes

A scale for all troubles
Weighed heavy and light
A river that washes all pain
Down the ditch for forgiveness to prevail
A shelter of courage growth
So reliable like a thatch of grass
Incubating a Nursery bed

So beautiful like the Eden of creation
Where only love prevails
For all walks of life
A horizon of so many hills
Secret to me and the Lord
The only rainbow seen and felt
The lovely garden my heart