Her Garden

You can’t remember

For you were but a boy

I spoke your name in whispers

In an overgrown garden

I so often enjoyed

There were dandelions and wild flowers

Overgrown rose bushes

Stone made into pillars

And an archway made of wire

There were Japanese maple trees

pine needles and dried up leaves

There were dogwood bushes

All protecting and encompassing me

As I sang out a tune

Talked to the birds

Played with the cats

Twirling and skipping

Does it sound absurd?

Not to a little girl

Who frequented a garden

So long ago

Where all of her daydreams and wishes

Would grow

The days and years would pass

In the mind of the girl

The garden always would grow

Into a dream come true

The whispers and messages

Sent into the air

Brought her to the boy

She once knew

He was the one

She lay her heart at rest

For knowing his heart to be true

Separated by circumstances

A once-in-a-lifetime chance

She returned to the garden

Barely recognizable

Though she knew it was her garden

She stood in the Archway

Bringing wishes and whispers

Letting his heart know

It was true

There would be no other love

That would ever do

The love that grew

In her garden

carolann