LOVELINESS

Patience in the Garden

a loveliness of ladybugs

	scarlet soldiers 
	march along
	sickly asparagus stalks

	mandibles munching
	larva hatching
	aphid infestation waning


a loveliness of ladybugs,
	so long in coming

I waited,
Neem Oil spray bottle
at the ready

I waited,
for nature to 
bring balance


nature feels besieged 
these days

	poisons 
	and plows

	asphalt
	and apathy

	too much of one thing
	while the last of another
	fades away

but today
gasps of glee
photos snapped
	     shared

the circle of life is working!


a small thing,
aphids becoming ladybug lunch

a small thing, 
but a 
loveliness,
non-the-less

Photo by Péter Sebestyén on Unsplash