
The Garden’s Secret
For Antonio Martorell
It starts within a frame &
What is within the frame
Begins at the point
Where what was
Begins becoming.
Within each frame
Light, torn from the dark,
Spills into the light
Darkness has become,
Another form of light.
Within what surrounds each frame
Beginnings persist. A red bed
Headboard, intention in embrace
With other shades of forest &
Rain. Or yellow & turquoise chairs.
In the eyes of a child, a path
Finds its way to the sea. Both are
Endless. The tongue, speaking
In hands, finds itself blossoming.
Paper flowers glow like pearls.
A collision of reflection
With impression shared
In fragments of glass,
Or mirrors. Or garden walls
The blue of a perfectly happy sky.
The heart of your shadow is green.
The shadow of your heart is also green &
The scent of gold
Follows your fingers,
Searching for crumbs.
— Lisa Bourbeau
Photo: Bronwyn Mills