When I was a child <br />My mother took me <br />To look for violets. <br />They grew in a secret place <br />On the edge of a wood. <br />Their petals were as blue <br />As my mother’s eyes. <br />This was long ago.<br /><br />Pete Crowther<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/violets/
