Down Into
This is the grass that she planted
With her desperate good friend
At the end
Just before the end
Elizabeth
We love you
You could not carry on
These are the roots of these grasses
In the light soil
Grass roots
Elizabeth, you loved them
You were our grassroots leader
This where the field mice burrow
Their homes a threat to the science of sunflowers
But there are here still
The roots of mint and lemon balm
Balm to the soul
Elizabeth
Elixir
Hope to you, your beautiful self
Lying below, above and around now
Young woman
Gardener, environmentalist
The dark swallowed
We love you
In this grass this soil.
– Susan Gerofsky
June 23 2017, UBC Orchard Garden