Habbakuk's Garden

The Rev. Erice Fairbrother

 

Though the lemon tree bends

with her fruit

And the grapefruit hang

Heavily low

 

Though the camellia bloom

Widely open

And colour washes

The green

 

Though tui call through

Their branches

And bees are alive

To sweetness

 

Yet the fruit of our heart

Is not ripened

Nor the beds of our soul

In flower

 

For the path we yet tread

Is narrow

And we’ll all still be hungry

tomorrow

 

 

©Erice Fairbrother

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