What would you think
if I were to say to you
that I saw a daffodil tree?
I suppose you might think
that I was bonkers
because daffodils grow in the ground –
don’t they?
In yellow clumps
and golden swathes?

Not these daffodils!
The daffodils that I saw
were growing high up
in the fork of a tree
in Musgrave Park!

Who would have thought it?
And yet there they were,
two golden daffodils
nodding their heads
in the spring breeze.
I have no idea how they got there
or how on earth they survive.

Sometimes in life
we find ourselves
overwhelmed,
struggling to keep our heads
above water.
Panic sets in
as we spin out of control,
wondering
whether we can get through this
on our own?

But the truth is
that we are not on our own –
God is right by our side
ready to help us
if we only just ask.
And sometimes in life
the seemingly impossible
is possible after all –
just like that daffodil tree
in Musgrave Park!

© Claire Murray, 5th March 2019