Poem- Bending the Knee

Bending the Knee

You have to learn to how to bend the knee

to become a gardener.

If you want to plant a flower

you need to open the earth.

And if you want

to remove weeds

you have to start at the ground.

Only a fool tries to weed standing up.

Even the old

get down on their knees

to tend to the needs of soil.