Flowers and Ivies Peaking Through Fences: North Belfast

On a sunny June afternoon, 

I am walking along the Somerton Road

in North Belfast, and I notice the flowers

and ivies peaking through the

fences and the cracks in the stone walls. 

They want to see what's going on in the

outside world, although it's much prettier 

in their gardens.  They don't ask permission

or ask to be landscaped but rather they seem

to have their own creative vision, their own

aesthetic.