Garden (Hebrew גן)

(in a kindergarten in the middle east)

tree rooted in
- pastpresentfuture -
in a field of children,
seated.

they pop-up,
like
tulips -
and, shake their
sun-lit,
petal heads,
toward me;
to toss
their arms
around
my neck,
so gently,
they leave
no trace.

one after another,
these are the little
treasures,
expressing
the
Great Secret.

Joel David Lesses is a poet expressing the landscape of our existence, capturing the mystical elements of our human being. World religion, poetry, spirituality, meditation, encompassing the makeup of our mind and life. The crux of his own personal journey is the manifestation of questions and answers to his personal koan 'What is the matter with me?' which reveals the individual and universal aspects of our inherent and potent creativity. Everything is flux. Everything is poetry. He founded Ground and Sky Poetry Series in 2015, is the Editor of Journeys of Sacred Community: A Collection Anthology of Ground and Sky Poetry (2024, Holograph Series: Before Your Quiet Eyes Publications and Manjushri Press) and has published in anthologies, newspapers, magazines, collections, and journals.