The Garden

He was burdened by debt

Burdened by regret

Took a walk through the garden

To try and forget

Pricked his thumb on a rose

Held it up to his nose

He thought life is just life

However it goes

Some folks win the big bouquet

Some just get the thorn

When one guy gets the July rain

The other gets the storm

Go on and taste the bittersweet

It will all be over soon

Life can be hard son

Talk a walk through the garden

He saw a cocoon

Sprinkled in dew

He watched as this breath of life

Came anew

He sat there and cried

When he saw that butterfly

Flutter out

Into the blue

Some folks win the big bouquet

Some just get the thorn

When one guy gets the July rain

The other gets the storm

Go on and taste the bittersweet

It will all be over soon

Life can be hard son

Talk a walk through the garden

He got to the end

Thought how good this has been

Making all of these

Wonderful friends

The plants and the trees

The birds and the bees

The Beatles

All the slivering things

Some folks win the big bouquet

Some just get the thorn

When one guy gets the July rain

The other gets the storm

Go on and taste the bittersweet

It will all be over soon

Life can be hard son

Talk a walk through the garden

JG Cannady 11/02/23