I had always adored purple lilacs, and never could get enough,
As wildflowers bloom abundantly, although times may get rough.
They had graced a backyard garden, that I'd known in childhood,
On a tree lined street of birdsong, in a fine old neighborhood.
Now I had lilacs of my own, my life full of sights and scents.
Which delighted passersby, and had prompted countless comments.
My heart was in my gardening, which had come to be my passion,
......
Come – surrender yearning spirit to beckoning Fantasy
and muse in sensuous interlude on floating Reverie.
Quench Desire's carefree thirst; soar upwardly
where pleasant whispers rustle dreamily.
On deep ceaseless vistas unbind reason’s eye;
in blissful abstract leap, envision azure sky.
Join, now, a graceful pantomime of clouds
burgeoning into towering billowed shrouds.
......
Come – surrender yearning spirit to beckoning Fantasy
and muse in sensuous interlude on floating Reverie.
Quench Desire's carefree thirst; soar upwardly
where pleasant whispers rustle dreamily.
On deep ceaseless vistas unbind reason’s eye;
in blissful abstract leap, envision azure sky.
Join, now, a graceful pantomime of clouds
burgeoning into towering billowed shrouds.
......
I had always adored purple lilacs, and never could get enough,
As wildflowers bloom abundantly, although times may get rough.
They had graced a backyard garden, that I'd known in childhood,
On a tree lined street of birdsong, in a fine old neighborhood.
Now I had lilacs of my own, my life full of sights and scents.
Which delighted passersby, and had prompted countless comments.
My heart was in my gardening, which had come to be my passion,
......