The Gardener 70
I remember a day in my childhood I floated a paper boat in the ditch.It was a wet day of July; I was alone and happy over my play.I floated my paper boat in the ditch.
Suddenly the storm clouds thickened, winds came in gusts, and rainpoured in torrents.Rills of muddy water rushed and swelled the stream and sunk my boat.Bitterly I thought in my mind that the storm came on purpose tospoil my happiness; all its malice was against me.
The cloudy day of July is long today, and I have been musing overall those games in life wherein I was loser.I was blaming my fate for the many tricks it played on me, whensuddenly I remembered the paper boat that sank in the ditch.
Words in this poem
- childhood n.
- The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty. [AS. cildhad; cild child + -had. See Child, and hood.]
- rushed a.
- Abounding or covered with rushes.
- bitterly adv.
- In a bitter manner.
- loser n.
- One who loses. South.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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