The flower of daytime, 'Passion Fruit'

Composed by Benjamin Park

It was the right decision to place passion fruit on my fence.
That was where the ivy was before.
It fits in well with over twenty other kinds of fruits there, sweet persimmons, dates, lemons, avocados and other fruit trees.
I intend to turn my home’s surroundings into something like my old hometown.
I decorated the front yard by placing ornamental trees, and placed shrubs and fruit trees in the back yard.
I now enjoy my view of the evergreen passion fruit on the fence.
The ivy that was on my fence before looked naked in winter season.
When its leaves had fallen off it looked like a mountain without trees.
The flower of passion fruit is really strange.
The stems and leaves look just like wild sky watermelon.
It only blooms in day time, withdrawing at night.
It is very delicate.
Its design consists of inner white fillings on five thin green floral cups.
A purple lace that looks like well arranged noodle sticks lies on top.
Five round and yellow stamens with three thin and green pistils on the very top makes for a well balanced flower.
How about its fruit?
I used to buy its juice quite often.
I was used to its juice rather than the fragrance but I need not buy it any more.
If you want to get more fruit, you need to trim the main stem.
I trim the upper portion before winter time and leave the new stems.
The fruit grows to about fist size and turns a chocolate color before falling onto the ground.
Fallen fruit can be canned. After storing, we cut them in half and boil them for good taste.
I recall the phrase, ‘a proper thing in its proper place’, as it relates to the stem of the plant.
If we plant only one passion fruit stem, we might cover the entire fence of a home in three years, killing two birds with one stone.
Passion fruit does not try to take over areas in an unmannered way.
It’ll cover the entire fence with green, a place that other plants and trees ignore.
In addition to that, it gives us flowers and fruits. What else can bring us more and do as well a job?
Can we become a person just like passion fruit that knows his place and fills the empty spot?