The Gardener:

The Gardener:

 

Have I lived enough? Have I loved enough?

Have I considered Right Action enough?

Have I come to any conclusion?

Have I experienced happiness with sufficient happiness?

Have I endured loneliness with grace?

 

I say this, or perhaps I’m just thinking it.

Actually, I probably think too much.

 

Then I step out into the garden,

where the gardener who is said to be a simple

man, is tending his children, the roses.

 

Mary Oliver