“The Garden” is the visual and harmonic completion of Act I’s first movement. Structure has been declared. Humanity has awakened. Partnership has been recognized. Now the world is shown in full alignment.
Verse one is carried by Adam and Eve, but not as spotlight leads. They are integrated within the world. “Morning rises without warning” is not dramatic. It is steady. Light rests. Rivers turn. Branches bend. Nothing strains beyond measure.
Morning rises without warning,
Light rests easy on the ground.
Nothing reaching past its measure,
Nothing lost and nothing found.
Every river knows its turning,
Every branch knows how to bend.
Nothing fighting for dominion,
Nothing breaking what it tends.
Hold.
Grow.
Flow.
Shine.
Rise.
Know.
We do not chase the sky.
We do not fear the night.
Everything stands inside its line,
And every line feels right.
This is the garden, steady and wide,
Nothing to conquer, nothing to hide.
Breath without burden, step without strain,
Sun after sun and rain after rain.
This is the garden, rooted and true,
Nothing divided between me and you.
Here in the balance of earth and air,
Everything living knows it is there.
Mountains stand without trembling,
Oceans move without fear.
Petals open without asking
If the light will disappear.
Work is tending.
Work is care.
Nothing heavy in the air.
We do not reach beyond the frame,
We do not burn for borrowed flame.
Nothing restless in our bones,
Nothing fractured, nothing thrown.
This is the garden, steady and wide,
Nothing to conquer, nothing to hide.
Breath without burden, step without strain,
Sun after sun and rain after rain.
This is the garden, rooted and clear,
Nothing withheld and nothing severe.
Here in the balance of earth and air,
Everything living knows it is there.
No edge in the light.
No tear in the seam.
Nothing waking from a dream.
Whole.
Hold.
This is the garden, held in its place,
Time without hurry, motion with grace.
Nothing ahead that must be undone,
Nothing beneath an unforgiving sun.
This is the garden – measured and known.
Nothing is missing. Nothing alone.
