I watch a lizard scale a
Sunbleached rail and learn.
"Are you leaving our
Garden?" I ask --he turns
From his task and answers.
"Where I go, the garden is.
So no, I cannot leave, nor
Can you; you are part
Of the garden too."
[I'd like to thank William at Looking For Jack, for identifying my little garden friend as a Western Fence Lizard. Go see his blog. It rewards attention!]
Yes, it's where your spirit is. Thank you for passing the understanding.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for expressing it so accurately --where the spirit is.
DeleteWe all are part of that garden.
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Good thing, too, Rick. More of humanity should listen to lizards.
DeleteLovely. And now I've got Woodstock playing in my head, which is a good thing ...
ReplyDelete"Woodstock" is a wonderful song, Jenny, and I concur,"... we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."
DeleteA wise lizard. Or is it "w"izard?
ReplyDeleteGood question! I suspect his close connection to mature and supernature makes him both.
DeleteMy second suspicion is that "M" and "N" are side by side because this keyboard was designed by a humorist.
DeleteI agree, we are part of the garden. The reaping is plentiful. I am in need of gleaners.
ReplyDeleteYour Western Fence lizard is very handsome.
Hugs, Julia
We are in accord on the need for gleaners, Julia. Will pass your kind compliment on to lizard when I see him again (he likes to feel handsome!)
DeleteThis made me smile - such wisdom with a tale. :) The years I spent in the deserts of the south/Mexico...I swear I took the mountains - their forests and clouds and scent with me in my heart. I love the idea of the garden inside....
ReplyDeleteThank you, Chantel. You express the internalized garden beautifully. Indeed, there are many tails in nature.
DeleteI understand this so well.
ReplyDeleteI had a strong feeling you might, Arleen. Most kind.
DeleteI'm scared of lizards.
ReplyDeleteDear Lux, I only allow good-natured lizards in my garden --and they never come into the house. Still, I try not to upset them.
DeleteWhat a lovely poem, Geo! And it is so truthful, isn't it? Thank you for this!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, and privilege. The world will go on teaching itself to us through our gardens, and the determined insectivores who come to help.
DeleteSaw many lil lizards during my travels, friend Geo ... plus a good size very green iguana walking right by me in Florida last xmas ... http://ckpeacemaker.wordpress.com/ ... smiles ... Saw one lil black lizard? in my basement the other day eating away on my stored potatoes ... he seems to be blind and that makes him look scary ... Love, cat.
ReplyDeleteAs lizards are mainly insectivores, I wonder if your little basement visitor might be after something more palatable than potatoes and knows where to find them. Possible?
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