JOY

Camille Pissarro: Peasant Woman and Child Returning from the Fields, Auvers-sur-Oise , Image in Public Domain according to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camille_Pissarro_-_In_the_Vegetable_Garden.jpg

In obscure silence, she toils
in her little garden
in this side of Heaven
an unknown soul
blessed with no great wealth
nor noble name

She labors
doing what her state requires
humble work or service
work not too many desire
it confers no honor nor greatness
as the world defines

She is a drop of water in the sea
her work will not change the world
Still she greets the moon
with peace in her soul

she has done what she ought
knowing she may not reap its fruits
asking for no recognition or  reward
More than  the blessing of her God.

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Written for DVERSE’s Poetics Prompt – Secret Ingredient. A CBS Documentary about the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, an order of cloistered nuns, was the primary inspiration for this poem. Here is the video link for your enjoyment:

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