Tendrils

Tendrils, the clematis, and me.  A reflection.  Thanks, Jen... for lunch and conversation and tying some more twine.

I left the clematis

On the front pillar

To grow by itself

A little too long.

It twined on itself

In a green twin-y mass

Of vine.

Now I spend time every day

Carefully separating vines,

Untwining leaf tendrils

Attached to each other.

Sometimes I have to call it quits,

Tear a tendril or two or three,

Trust that the vine

Will grow new ones,

Anchor itself

In better places.

Today I will tie more garden twine

Higher up the pillar,

Train another vine or two

Upward.

Maybe the clematis wants to live closer

To the sun.

I demonstrated clematis tendrils

At lunch yesterday,

Hooked my fingers

Under the table

And tugged.

Today I will unhook a few more tendrils

Tie some new twine

Allow myself to be trained

Upward.