My Garden Poem by Monita Soni

Let us plant a garden

This summer
I want handfuls of daffodils
Scattered around the poplars

When the tulips bloom
Lets us plant hydrangeas
I want all shades of pink, purple and blue

Big blooms, Bobbing
On a bed of lavender moss
Covering that large rock

Where the fairies hide

Let us scatter a few memories
Like forget-me-nots
Don’t supervise me

when I till the earth next to you

This time
Let us not be too perfect
For once

Solid geometric formations
Appeal to you, I know
but let me

Make a few mistakes

In a dozen perfect roses
Let there be one which is
Slanting, growing

Any which way to remind you
Of me.