To the Woman in the Garden

You did not notice the roses,
the stones, or even
the toad, the child,
the sapling, the totem
pole, the crow, the dusk,
or the hummingbird,
the mantis, the dove,
or the hushed
word

but spoke instead,
but spoke at length
of the horrible
horrible
horrible world.

Poem and art by Wendy Videlock