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Maybe? A Garden Then.


“Paradise is not a mansion, or a palace, but a garden.” ~ Aniket Bhagwat


When celebrated Baroda artist Rekha Rodwittiya asked landscape designer Aniket for a garden, she gave him only one brief: "Whatever you want." He didn't draw plans. He wrote a poem.


A garden then

for people

for birds

For those that burrow and sprint about


Or for nobody

for nothing

Just

So that it can be


Maybe?


A garden then

A place to sit

To meet friends

To die in


Or

To just sit alone

To be lonely

To practice souloquy

To hide


Maybe?


A garden then

Formal

Laid out in a Geometry

To complement the setting


Maybe?


Or just be mad

To be

Whimsical

Mysterious

Mischievous


Maybe?


A garden then

To grow trees

And flowers

and grasses

and Food


Maybe?


Or to just see water

Muddy and clear

Bare ground

And such like


Maybe?


Then a garden

to hark back to memories of childhood

Places of youth

Places seen

A place for companion trees


Maybe?


Or just a strange new place

A new friend

A new place

A new future


Maybe?


Then a garden

To feel the winter sun

To feel the raindrops on the face

To walk brushing the dew


Maybe?


Or a place to see the moon

As it ebbs and grows

And search the galaxy

And pray for a shooting star


Maybe?


A Garden then


~ Poem by Aniket Bhagwat



Written and posted 14th May 2026 - Pune, India.

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