Photo Prompt: One Moment

A moment of calm in a busy week.

Birdsong soothing a trampled soul,

lifting weary spirits.

New buds on a birthday rose,

remembrance of happy times

and a promise of more to come

Leaves whisper, disturbed by

fluttering bird wings

keeping time with an anxious heart

soon lulled into somnolence

by the scent of jasmine

on the breeze

Peace descends

on a stilled mind,

shoulders slump,

eyes close,

breath in, breath out

slowing

drifting

at one with nature

then

‘Mum!’

A sigh.

Shoulders tense

back straightens

stand up

and face the world.

Outside,

a hush settles once again as

the door closes

on the small person

with the big voice.

and yet, in its absence,

Something has been lost from the garden.