In The Garden

• Josephine Graham, Grade 4, Sacred Heart School
• Poetry
• 2017

Excellence Award in the 'Spread The Word 2017' competition

In the garden that I grew close to, I met my man, I had my chance at life and now I’m living.
In the garden, I made my friends, we had our ways, we went our paths. We made life changing decisions that still scar.
With the garden, I grew old, there I lived, there I stayed and there I was very happy, with my garden.
It came the day, a very sad day, all the plants died with the garden, along with me inside.
In the garden, there were dead leaves and old ashes, but with that, a new chance at life.
Seeds came from here to there, and scattered everywhere. New life had shown, in my garden.
My garden grew again, and so did I. Again we lived on, together, forever.