AROMA THERAPY

I know I should be tackling the paving

out at the front where the wind is blowing

down from the hills the wind

is blowing, gale force.

In the back garden's warmer wilderness

sheltered by trees, neglected, overgrown

I kneel to make a start, untangling

a bed of herbs.

And its a happy choice of task

for I am cheered no end

and cleansed of Autumn's blues

by cutting back old stems

releasing many green and pungent scents

mingling their magic, marjoram, mint

thyme, sweet cecily, fennel, purple sage.

Aroma Therapy.