The Physic Garden ...

I thought of you before the service - 

I breathed air scented by fennel and basil -

Slender trees cast delicate shadows on the lawn - 

I sat with my back to old stone -

I remembered you sleeping in the chair, next to my mother's bed - 

You watched her dreaming until she woke - 

4 August 2022

The Physic Garden 

Petersfield