“For your touch, soft as the breeze on the rose,

That melts all the chains and the thorny woes.

O’ Beloved, my being in your light does immerse,

In your ocean of love, I dissolve and disperse.” - Jamil Hussain

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 9 August 2023

The pure white, scented flowers of Philadelphus satsumi (mock orange blossom) make a great addition to a shrub border. Older shoots have dark greyish brown bark and the leaves are opposite each other on the stem. The plant originated in Japan and was introduced to cultivation in Europe in 1851.

and all of a sudden

nothing feels enough.

i was meant to run naked through forests

stealing mushrooms from the land

teasing my name to the fae

oudh and the scent of decay.

i was meant to live in the breath of the ocean

the darkness of a kelp forest

a storm rumbles far away and the water is colder than it was before

ambergris and salt.

i was meant to be the undying warmth of fungi

turning over with death like a dream

or the pages of a book

dirt and tree moss.

i was not meant to live this version of myself

paralysed

cold sweats