Entwined
© Great Stems
The darkness of night faded
I turn to the light of dawn
And gingerly I reach out
A shy and uncertain hand
Longing for love, and clinging
At the briefest hint of touch
Will I be made the fool?
My denied hopes a tangled mess
Or will the tendrils of love entwine?
For hand in hand, and more than hugs
Tenderness brings strength to heart
And hopes become wishes true
Oh, be the rock on which I stand
And I will stand proud but grounded
Be the wall upon which I lean
And I will know comfort yet stay dependent
But hold my hand and love me
And I will bloom and grow
High and higher, unbound by rooted doubts
Upon the ladder of heart's embrace
Toward the warming sun above
And I shall be whole and happy
All because I reached, and you were there.
And love entwined.
The photos show a glimpse of my young food garden: jack-o-lantern pumpkin, cantaloupe, and sugar pumpkin vines, with images of the tendrils of crossvine and caroline jessamine mixed in. The seedlings are growing well, and they are my babies. The cantaloupes are blooming now, and the jack-o-lantern pumpkins are teasing me with buds.
A few days ago I saw my first squash vine borer moth (horror!), and the next day I went out and removed about 30 little brown eggs from my jack-o-lantern pumpkins. Hopefully I got them all. Seriously, I'm checking for eggs every day now. This task will get harder as the plants get bigger.
I've planted 32 corn seedlings and all are growing. Yes, that's a lot of corn! But they all fit with this square-foot gardening.
I've had a few leaf-miners tunneling, but I haven't done anything about it. As far as I know, the overall plants will be fine, though I hate to see the pretty leaves tainted with trails.
And I've bought seeds for my third raised bed, for fall: carrots, beans, spinach, and zucchini. Looking forward to and terrified of attempting to grow even more veggies... But having fun, too. :)
What a nice poem and very creative too. The vines look like a perfect coil in the photos. Good luck to your 'babies'.
Thank you, Autumnbelle. I am fascinated by tendrils, the way they reach out and grab a tight hold on whatever they touch. Even the tiniest of "hands" can hold a giant of a plant. Amazing!
oh i hope the borers don't do a number on your beautiful plants!! they've pretty much decimated all but a couple vines of my summer planted pumpkins. i swear i'm planting in the spring again and forgetting all that the books say..haha! the pumpkins that came up on their own accord in early spring actually yielded me a few pumpkins! these ones, i don't know...we'll see...
but i'll be anxiously watching your's and hoping for the best!!! i can't believe it's time to plant for fall/winter already..yikes!
I expected a few eggs when I saw that one moth, but 30? I hope it doesn't mean there were more around. Still no more eggs this morning, as far as I could tell.
Your garden is inspiring, Meredith, and the poem is perfect :). Happy gardening to you and your babies!
You are so kind -- thank you!
Very nice post Meredith! I enjoyed!