A child next door waves a wand and breathes,
Spilling rainbow bubbles over the fence.
They kiss the roses, then take flight.
Each fleeting globe holds our worlds,
Then sighs on the breeze
Leaving us and the gardens with a lingering wonder.
Dr Camille Gajria is a medical educator at Barts and The London. She teaches medical students, who return the favour in unexpected ways. She is an attentive noticer and lives in a house with two entertaining windows.
Camille writes as Micella (: : one of the mycelia). You can find more of her work at micella.wordpress.com.
