Garden

Garden

early childhood is a time of story-making

every discovery presents itself

to the child-mind as purposeful design

who made this?

what was the reason?

how do I use it?

all of this purpose

tied with a deep trust

if those I’ve spent my brief time with

have been trustworthy

mine were

and so I had no other way to see

the world

than to believe a designer parent

deeply in love with me

looking out for me

wanting to provide joy and excitement

had put all these things

together for my benefit

with only a warning here and there

as I think about it

so parallel the Genesis

story of paradise

and all you could ever want

except for that one thing

that one tree

that singular danger

as it turns out

your one best friend leads you into

that friend has always

gotten the blame

because once the design

and the designer

are revealed dangerous

DR SCOTT SIMPSON

we humans triangulate

the blame elsewhere

point it, the finger

at the other

to keep approval of creator

I’ve heard it said, no atrocities

are as bad as what we often do

in the name of god

god, of course the unseen watcher

the unseen listener

a fly on the wall

but a fly who created the fly

and created the wall

and created the room

and created the people

and created the conversation

and created the drama

and created the jealousy

and created the hate

and created the love

a fly on the wall

re-knowing

all he knows already

and a child upon finding a bush

a bush with eyes and pillars inside

a fort of sorts

places to sit and places to stand

and windows for observation

becomes aware of the sense

of deity

inside the rush of seeing unseen

of hearing unheard

of knowing unknown

and later in middle or old age

the thrill of knowing diminished

the fear of being unknown increased

we flies on the wall

WHERE THE GROWTH BEGINS