Orchids and Steel Fell

... sorry folks ... more Lilliputian angles .. it's that time of year. It's nice to visit these friends, they are good company and a salutation ritual that's good for the soul.
I came in search of bog bean which I photographed but not very well and then saw these orchids which I saw here in profusion a few years ago just like this. Extras are of Harrop and lilies.

LET THIS DARKNESS BE A BELLTOWER by Rainer Maria Rilke

Quiet friend who has come so far,
feel how your breathing makes more space around you.
Let this darkness be a bell tower
and you the bell. As you ring,
what batters you becomes your strength.
Move back and forth into the change.
What is it like, such intensity of pain?
If the drink is bitter, turn yourself to wine.
In this uncontainable night,
be the mystery at the crossroads of your senses,
the meaning discovered there.
And if the world has ceased to hear you,
say to the silent earth: I flow.
To the rushing water, speak: I am.