by Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer
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December 19, 2005

Out Of Season

April 17, 2006 04:45 PM EDT
views: 94 | rating: 8.2/10 (16 votes) | comments: 35
Carefully tend the garden,
protect her from the weather.
She's only out of season,
not gone away forever.

She amazed us with her beauty,
bloomed in vivid colors,
graced us the summer long,
standing taller than the others.

The sun doesn't shine on her today,
her colors are starting to fade,
forgotten in her broken stage,
she slowly withers away.

Cover her now, keep her safe,
she's in a dormant season.
Her roots run deep into the earth,
searching for new meaning.

Her tears will turn to showers,
if you love her while she's there.
Soon she'll blossom again,
when spring is in the air.
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Comments: 35

Nancy S. Apr 17, 2006, 5:02pm EDT
How very lovely.... a reminder to cherish beauty on nature's schedule. I look forward every year to forsythias, then azaleas, then lilacs, etc. Each in it's own time.
You are such a wonderful writer! You write equally well of sadness and of sunshine, or protesting and dreaming......
Thank you!
0000-twobraincells-0000 Apr 17, 2006, 5:09pm EDT
the proof of youth wasted upon the young
the warmth and beauty of the setting sun.
Captain Ken Pothier Apr 17, 2006, 5:26pm EDT
Beautiful Sandy,
I have been cleaning up and prepping for this years growth, mine included! In Peace! Ken
Teresa Howell Apr 17, 2006, 6:19pm EDT
I read this as a metaphor--are we talking about a tulip, or a person's life?
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Apr 17, 2006, 6:32pm EDT
TERESA - I wrote this (the first time, have had several versions over the years) shortly after I became disabled, about myself. While I was writing it, my mother suffered a serious stroke, so it applied to her as well. I showed it to my aunt, who was the gardener in the family, and she associated it to us AND some rose bushes she was nursing. Hopefully, each person will see in it what fits his or her life at the time. I'm about ready to believe my personal spring has arrived and let my house plants carry this poem for awhile.

NANCY - my one-track mind is seeping through - timing is everything ;-) Thanks for reading and for your kind comments.

JOHN - ohhh I like that - beauty is wasted on the youth.

KEN - thanks for tending both gardens ;-)
A very effective and thought provoking poem at two different levels. And I like it!

Magi
Aileen F. Apr 17, 2006, 8:00pm EDT
This is beautiful, Sandy! Thanks for sharing it.
Stephen Schneider Apr 17, 2006, 8:34pm EDT
Thanks Sandy, we all go dormant sometimes
James Moylan Apr 17, 2006, 10:37pm EDT
lovely
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Apr 17, 2006, 11:45pm EDT
Thanks LILLIAN, MAGI, LIZ, AILEEN, STEPHEN, AND JAMES.

I suppose we do all go dormant at times. Maybe we should all send out an SOS - "protect me while I'm here" so others will remember to keep us going.
Carol Voigts Apr 17, 2006, 11:50pm EDT
To everyithing there is a season, Turn, turn, turn.
Nancy S. Apr 18, 2006, 12:29pm EDT
I admit to taking this quite literally when I read it, but looking back overy everyone's comments, I see what I missed. I like it either way, but my first impression was of the resiliency of the cycles of nature, and that still strikes me as very powerful.
Obviously a poem with "layers".
Christina F Apr 18, 2006, 1:19pm EDT
This made me think of my, now long passed, grandma--thanks! It was a beautiful bit of poetry.
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Apr 18, 2006, 2:09pm EDT
CAROL - I'm so happy you always bring the music ;-)

NANCY - thanks for seeing it both ways.

CHRISTINA - glad I could reunite you with your grandma for a few seconds - that's a real bonus for me.
Stuart G. Apr 18, 2006, 4:48pm EDT
Very nice.

When I go dormant, I get covered over, too.

Your words bring such nice visuals and warm memories for me. Maybe a garden is a place that becomes a portal between was is living and what is coming alive.
Micheale Shelton Apr 18, 2006, 11:13pm EDT
I also read this as a metaphor of the things those of us with disabling illnesses are no longer able to do, or do more slowly. Thanks Sandy, it's beautiful!
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Apr 19, 2006, 12:16am EDT
STUART - thanks for your kind comments. Your reference to being covered gave me a warm, snuggly feeling. That's nice.

MICHEALE - I thought you might see a bit of yourself in here. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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Evelyn M. S. Apr 19, 2006, 6:54pm EDT
LOVE This
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Apr 19, 2006, 10:15pm EDT
Thank you, Evelyn!
Madame Donna C. Sep 30, 2006, 3:26pm EDT
How the heck did I miss this one? Wonderful work, Sandy!
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Sep 30, 2006, 4:11pm EDT
I don't know how you missed it, Donna. Might have been one of those times the notices didn't go through, or you had something better to do, which is perfectly okay. I'm glad you found it now, and thank you for reading and commenting.
Dame Ruth, Chief Executive Elitist D. Sep 30, 2006, 5:19pm EDT
No no... this is not fodder for meaningless comment. Way too deep. The next one better be crap, or I'll be unable to continue my pointy rounds.
Wilma M. Mar 12, 2007, 9:39am EDT
Beautiful. I can read this as a reminder of my mom, who passed away after suffering from alzheimers for several years.
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Mar 12, 2007, 4:19pm EDT
Thank you, Wilma. If this helps you feel closer to your mom, that makes me very happy.
Wendy*~temporarily MIA ~* O. May 19, 2007, 6:57am EDT
quite simply... lovely.
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer May 19, 2007, 9:02pm EDT
Thank you, Wendy.
Ann M. (Site Scryer) Aug 28, 2008, 9:34am EDT
Sandy,

I love the way you have tied the beauty of nature into the feminine, nurturing priciple. We tend the garden, and the garden renews and refreshes us.
Sujata (funnily 'Suji' ) S. Sep 11, 2008, 10:05am EDT
Blessed me to read the cycle free as nature

take shape on it's own and in time while

you care to love and wait!

Wonderfully versed Sandy !!!
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Sep 11, 2008, 1:34pm EDT
Thank you, Sujata. I'm never really comfortable with my poetry but I love the message in this one.
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Sep 11, 2008, 1:35pm EDT
Thank you, too, Ann. I'm sorry I didn't see your comment before.
Ann M. (Site Scryer) Sep 11, 2008, 1:44pm EDT
Sandy,

I'm stalking your poetry, in case you haven't noticed!
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Sep 15, 2008, 12:05am EDT
Thanks, Ann. I appreciate it.
Wade A. Dec 5, 2008, 4:45pm EST
I enjoyed this poem very much Sandy! I'm glad you pointed me this way. I really like the correlation between nature and mankind. I can feel the healing with the words,
"Cover her now, keep her safe,
she's in a dormant season.
Her roots run deep into the earth,
searching for new meaning"
We all need "the love to blossom again" in times of sorrow and hardship. Without it we would all wither and die. This would make an excellent song also.
Lovely!
Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Dec 6, 2008, 12:16am EST
I wanted this to be a song, Wade. Got any music to go with it?
Wade A. Dec 6, 2008, 9:16pm EST
I don't know what your instrument of choice is Sandy,
but a drop D chord on a guitar would be a soulful way to go with such a wonderful piece.

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