Gardener's Lament

To each their own and mine is the
warm delight of accomplishment in the
creation of a melange of texture, fragrance
shape and colour with the endless challenge
of mimicking nature's sublime canvas.
Each new season of each new year
brings its own tantalizing opportunities
to apprentice myself to that inimitable
creator's palette and blueprint in a
never-ending effort to persuade her
green creations that I have the privilege
of acting as her protege and as such
there is a protocol that I practise as I
emulate what nature has decreed and
they too must do their part acceding to
the very same guidelines genetically 
infused in their code of existence in a
borrowed allegiance to the arrogant
gardener whose aspirations to define
authentic and stunning new garden 
features and designs only borrow in a
relatively insipid pattern that which nature
has exquisitely perfected. Narcissism
becomes those who imagine themselves
capable of challenging perfection. We
humbly request permission of our auteur
muse to direct our efforts to success.