Respite

In my garden I
can physically grapple
those deep rooted anxieties
and thorned dilemma

grasp a real nettle
it’s a place I can show
my true mettle
and should the rhizome

prove elusive or slip
from my grasp
I can chose to dig deeper
or let things lie until

implacable shoots once more
beg my attention so
their basis might be addressed
or buried "de novo"