A Poem!

As promised followers, here is a poem I wrote a couple of years ago and forgot about. I didn't really like it at the time but after reading it now I've decided I actually quite like it. See if you can guess what it's about.

How Times Change

From the top of those familiar wooden steps you look down

at the desolate ground, which still looks bewildered even after all this time.

You think back to how the violent sun used to scorch your neck,

as punishment for interfering with your Grandfathers routine and hiding his trowel.

Remember how you peered down from your raised haven

as if the Queen of the lawn,

observing the long strips of turf and soil

and addressing the spades like subjects.

You close your eyes and remember the rows of creamy parsnips

 growing in perfect parallel with one another.

Harmoniously.

Now they are rotten, turf trodden, sodden and spoiled.

Orange bricks replace the carrots

which once filled your Sundays with fruition.