The Shovel In My Heart Poem by Kenneth Maswabi
The Shovel In My Heart
I keep a shovel in my heart
to bury the sadness in my life
and cultivate a garden of happiness
sometimes I dig holes in my heart
for my tears to drain away
and wash away the pain in my life
I keep a shovel in my heart
to till the soil and plant a garden of love
to remove the weeds that chokes my love
nurturing the tree of my love into maturity
allowing it to bear fruits
and supplement my romantic menu
I keep a shovel in my heart
to dig a tunnel of hope
and open a route to my success
I keep a shovel in my heart
to channel the flow of positive energy
and build rivers of positive thoughts
with my shovel
I shall dig myself out of poverty
and transplant myself onto a garden of wealth
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9/23/2024 3:17:25 PM # 1.0.0.1119
I shared your poem on my Facebook. I find the writing very touching and well done. I want that magic shovel in my heart... Not figuratively, but for real! ! I've written and read many poems about gardening and you captured one of the reasons that people garden and made it into a beautiful metaphor. Such a tangible implement, a shovel makes your writing about abstract concepts (sadness, heartbreak, love, hope) very concrete and tangible. And then the last two lines pull the poem together beautifully. This is a special poem.
Thanks Pam, you are breathing life into my poems and i love it. Thank you very much for your inspirational comment, i am humbled.