Tomatoes

One summer
in our new garden
we grew tomatoes
and carrots
and runaway zucchini
under a strong Utah sky
We worked so hard
at making things grow
not knowing what the future
would hold
And the following autumn
far from our garden
I would hear from you
how wild vines now grew
where none had been planted
Except that the fruit
was small and bitter
and so different
from what we had wanted
In my mind
I can still see you
working there in the sun
tending to the plants
so tired and hot
and oh so very young
so very
very young