A patch of purple shrubs has suddenly appeared

In a shadowed area between bushes quite near

Reminding one there are reasons for all the rain

So what needs to grow, can come back again ...



And replenishment of water supplies are made

So we can get everything we need to, in spades

For all things come, in time, as all is nourished

And feeding on it all, plants, and people, flourish



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

7:45am Wed. May 13th, 1998