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Poem May 20, 2022

Growth in the garden

Elaina Simpson

What happened to my garden?
Why did my flowers droop and die?

Thoughts creep in:
self-condemnation, fear of failure—did I sin?

Did I neglect and not pray enough?
Did I not watch when things got tough?
What I see seems so real to me,
and it’s not at all what I want it to be.

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