Flowers now grow in the ruined ground we fought over.
Stachys for healing the wounds that can be healed.
Papaver for a sleep in which we forget.
Digitalis to stir the heart or still it.
Urtica for the sting of loss.
Rumex as its balm.
Myosotis for remembrance.
Convolvulus to bind us all together now.
© BH, 2024
A lament on human conflict and the healing plants that thrive in the mess we make.
'Nature knows best.'
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