This piece is part of our 2022 Community Flash Series showcasing new writing by the Wandsworth Carers Centre Writers Group. You can read more about the background to this project in our introduction to this series, find out more about Wandsworth Carers Centre on their website, and find them on Twitter @CarerWandeworth.
Outlook
by Cheryl
As I gaze aimlessly through my window my vision is interrupted by tall slender but powerful huddles
A clear indication of the next stage of nature’s striking clock notifying the jubilant approach of the summer months by the bursting of tightly wrapped buds awaking and stretching into symbols of beauty, elegance, strength, resilience arising from the supportive beginnings of its ‘stems’, its ‘green leaves’, guarded by sharp obstacles providing protection and growth.
Blooms in a vibrancy of colour and direction gliding tall with their fragrant sweet smell
The jubilant arrival of summer, our half year marker to embrace & review with gratitude and thankfulness, the burst of enchanting, nourished buds into open roses
Obstacles of life symbolised by the thorns, as we push through thorny experiences; growth with elegance and grace is possible and endless.
Though paths may be thorny, take time to nourish and nurture, it is attainable and worth every little effort. Times may hold tight like a delicate bud...but each season brings a new spray of hope, a new beginning.
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