Gardens...

Nature’s earthy place of heavenly contentment

Hearts souls and minds find a lifestyle balance

Simply for feeling the earth’s soil beneath feet

Floral perfumes tantalise artists' imaginations

As they seek to replicate the blooming vistas

Where even weeds can transform loneliness

Such magnificence forms a place of placidity

An earthly paradise marked by individuality…

Eileen T O’Neill 19/06/2019

http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/06/poets-united-midweek-motif-gardens.html

Bridges and Walls...

I once lived in a city with bridges and walls

Some to connect and the others to divide

In Belfast they call those walls peace lines

It allows communities to live by partition

Behind dark walls hearts remain fractured

Peace lives within habits of mutual suspicion

Old hatreds fester to poison next generations

Some reach out to try and build a better future

Constructed from new trust and cultural respect

Old hatreds still exist when neighbours live apart

Political bridges have been rebuilt from words

Many have met in the middle to repair tensions

It’s so much easier to share life’s opportunities

When both sides can be clearly seen by everyone…

Eileen T O’Neill 12/06/2019

http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/06/poets-united-midweek-motif-bridge.html?m=1