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Growing in the Garden and Sun

Rewind to the Eighties

By Tracy Kreuzburg Published 3 years ago Updated 3 years ago 1 min read
photo credit: Reflectionsby Kathy

My Cabbage Patch doll

I buried her in the dirt

so she’d grow with me

*

When unearthed last year

still wearing a dress and shoes

she looked worse for wear

*

The mark on her bum

visible after a wash ~

her own ‘signed’ tattoo

*

I smiled and chuckled

as she dried off in the sun

and I remembered

vintage

About the Creator

Tracy Kreuzburg

I love reading, writing and storytelling, and using stories to convey truths. I feel this is a platform that will encourage me to write my stories, I also have an interest in connecting written work to art.

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