Nature

Nature stands by my side.

I grew up with the ocean breeze

From young to teen, nature has never left.

From when my mother planted the trees in our yard,

The same trees that once used to be sprouts. They now stand

Over our home. The waves not so far from me crash constantly,

The same waves I heard when I was only four. 

It has stayed by my side as long as I can remember. 

The birds I hear sing in the early morning, that song I have memorized

After hearing it every morning dusk. The dew on the grass and the smell of

Jasmine flowers makes my home a home.

The small things I have noticed within nature shape me as a person

The leaves rustling on a windy day,

The river in my backyard filled with life,

I feel so lucky to have grown up with nature beside me.