I remember

I remember when it was christmas

and I looked out the window and saw two

pieces of string hanging from the tree in backyard.

It also had a funny looking seat hanging at the end.

I remember when I ran out the door and jumped on it as it swung in the breeze.

I remember when I sat on it and I asked mum or dad to push me.

I remember that day I came home from school and the tree was gone just lush green grass and a lemon tree.

I remember asking mum if she was going to grow another one but the answer was no but it was only going to last a little while so I got over it. Mum had kept it but did not tell me and asked my poppa to make something so I could still swing on it. That day I came home I saw some pieces of wood in a triangle stuck together and hanging at the front was the thing that I love and loved ever since I saw it.