Plants and flowers welcome the showers

We are little plants and bushes

Sat in the garden soil

On our own, once the seeds are sown Like a car that needs its oil.

This sun has been atrocious Too much I have to say

We pray each day for rain

The clouds to turn a heavy grey

We haven’t got water on tap

Or fans to keep us cool

We’re in this searing heat you know We can’t dip our petals in a pool

We’re all dying of thirst

So we have to rely on man

As we’re about to get a well earned drink They impose a hosepipe ban

We flowers woke up this morning

All crinkly like the hedge next door The clouds were grey, hip hip hooray Look what we have in store

The skies just burst wide open

We rain danced in the showers

One happy garden once again

Just a sign of God’s great powers

MICKEY BROWN

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