The orchard of my heart

From the Portland Rose Garden, OR. Picture taken by Andrew Mackay
From the Portland Rose Garden, OR.
Picture taken by Andrew Mackay

In the orchard of my heart
even those peaches with skin
like cast iron, will
be kneaded soft with time

tender pasts grow sweet
time washes away
any dirt that dare interrupt
idle fantasy

Author: Andrew Mackay

Writer, sociologist, Unitarian Universalist seminarian (joint MDiv/MSW starting Fall 2020).

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