perennial truth

Heart-shaped stone among autumn bearberry leaves — Wrangell Mountains, Alaska — photo by auhor©

nothing grows my child in the greenhouse of a selfish heart fooled by the word perennial and the promise of greener grass brighter flowers and low-hanging fruit all kept captive in glass reflections deprived of truth

so don’t be fooled my child

nothing grows in the shadow of a selfish heart but the selfish heart itself