I PLANTED MY GARDEN A LONG TIME AGO
 TILLED THE SOIL, AND SEPARATED THE ROCKS,
(TALKING LONG HOURS OF HARD LABOUR)
THE HOT SUN ON MY BACK
CAUSED SWEATS LIKE RAINDROPS TO FALL FROM MY FACE.
MY CHOICEST PLANTS AND SEEDS ALL STRATIGICALLY PLACED.
EACH BED MARKED AND SEPARTED,
THE TRELACES HANDMADE.
IT WAS PERFECT.

I WATERED MY GARDEN THREE TIMES PER WEEK.
SUNLIGHT WAS ADEQUATE, THE NIGHT BROUGHT SHADE.
I WAITED PATIENTLY BUT ANXIOUSLY FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS,
IT WAS A LONG WAIT, IT TOOK ABOUT THREE WEEKS,
THEN I GASPED, O MY GOSH! THINGS STARTED TO GROW.
VINES, BUDS, EVEN LITTLE TREES WERE COMING UP EVERYWHERE.
I WAS DELIGHTED. MY GARDEN WAS INDEED PERFECT.

THEN, “WHAT’S THAT?”
THOSE PERFECT LITTLE TREES, WERE ACTUALLY WEEDS.
THEY WERE COMING UP SO FAST, THEY JUST SPREAD.
I TRIED TO STOP THEM, BUT THEN I GAVE UP.
THEY WERE NO LONGER LITTLE, THEY WERE GIANTS.
I TOOK WHATEVER I COULD FROM AMIDST THE WEEDS,
A FLEX OF WHEAT THAT I COULD KNEED.

I LOOKED AT MY GARDEN IN DISMAY.
I WONDERED, WOULD IT HELP IF I JUST PRAY?
WHAT IF THOSE WEEDS COULD JUST GO AWAY?
I CLOSED MY EYES FOR WHAT SEEM LIKE ETENITY
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS JUST FOR A FEW SECONDS
SLOWLY, I OPENED. WHAT WAS I EXPECTING?
A MIRACLE MAYBE! THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN
HESITANTLY, I CROUCHED AND WIPE MY BLEARY EYES
THEN I JUST STARTED PULLING THEM ONE BY ONE.

NOW I GAZED UPON MY GARDEN WITH DELIGHT.
THOSE BIG GIANT WEEDS ARE NOWHERE INSIGHT
THE SEEDS ARE NOW PROSPEROUS
THE VINES ARE YEILDING FRUITS
IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL

MY GARDEN IS FREGUENTLY VISITED
BUT NOT BY THOSE GRUESOME WEEDS
EACH TIME THEY SHOW THEIR THORNY LITTLE HEADS
I JUST QUICKLY PLUCK THEM DEAD
THE LADYBUGS AND THE BUMBLE BEE
BUTTERFLY FLYING GLEEFULLY
ALL FIND IT A JOY TO VISIT ME

EACH TIME I REAP FROM MY GARDEN
THE BOUNTY OF THE EARTH
I SMILE AND SAID
“THANK GOD I DIDN’T QUIT.