By The English Poet
Date: 2003 Feb 07
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The VINEYARD

There I stood looking down on the vineyard it was a black day the clouds were grey and the smoke was still lingering.

How quickly it had happened, this madness, this all-consuming fire.

Scorched earth and devastation lie all around me.

What were once my vines is now lain to waste, how I toiled to bring this vineyard to life, how much love and nurture had I planted is this garden.

How could I fail with a heart this full of love?

All of my love, pouring over the vines could not stop the fire once she had started.

Yet looking down I see, that the flames have missed a single vine, quickly I gather it, wrap it up and carry it away from this devastation and destruction.

It looks lonely in this new vineyard alone battered by the winds, a long way from home.

It will grow strong and I will protect it.