In the Garden; After Louise Gluck's Matins And in that garden How so the first foot print Angels high and near to pardon The first frost, the first snow to dint. We were there you and I My life was in your eyes Our hearts in God’s hands held high Together, present under sky. Ahead we knew not what We were present to each other In our embrace none forgot Shoal of perch, flock of plover Mountains, rivers, seas and shore Savannah, grass land, marsh Forests hedgerows, earth core. Hurricane, tornado, volcano ash. A garden moist, lush, green Fig, grape, pomegranate, apple Through deep leaves, snakes green sheen Oh happy sin, oh necessary fault, leaves dapple.