Time in the school garden with my students today turned into my wish for the future.

I watch it dive

into the waterless pool

swimming in the vibrance

of orange

of squash blossom

of too soon summer

In this place tended by children

where vegetables thrive

where small hands pull weeds and pet insects

where blossoms invite the pollinators in

I dream of a world

inhabited by honesty and gardens

inhabited by bees and babies

inhabited by kindness and care

And I worry that it will be destroyed

by war

be inattention and neglect

by the power hungry

before these children get a chance to make their mark

draft by @kd0602