The grass is always greener

A song in the front yard

Out of all the poems we had to read this week this poem was the one that I understood and related to the most.  I have learned that all poems have different meanings according to who is writing the poems and who is the audience.  The one reading the poem can read it and think it is one way because of their life and their experiences.  As they go through life they experience more and when they go to read the poem again it might have a completely different meaning. 

When I read a song in the front yard I pictured a little girl in a beautiful white dress with blue flowers and her hair in curls.  She matches the description of the front yard.  She is sick of the roses and most would say a rose is a beautiful flower with an amazing smell.  The front yard is the first place people have to walk when going to your house.  Everyone on the block works a keeping their yard green and clean.  When the weather starts to get warm outside you start to hear the lawn mowers.  It’s like a chain reaction.   The neighbor on the left starts his lawn mower and then the neighbor on the right starts his.  With no time wasted you pull your lawn mower out and do the same because that is what everyone sees and society tells us to keep it looking great.  This is what you do when you have a yard. 

Now your backyard is a place that is covered by a fence.  It is the place that sits behind your house and only the residents go back there.  It is your private area and the only way visitors will go back there is if they are invited to go back there.  In the poem it says the grass is rough and it has weeds.  When I think of weeds I think of dandelions.  When we were younger and did not have money to get our mother flowers we would either get lilacs or dandelions.  Of course we know that lilacs are beautiful and smell amazing, but sometimes we had no other option but to pick dandelions.  They did not smell beautiful and they were a weed that looks like a flower. 

This poem is like the saying; the grass is always greener on the other side.  Yes, it might be greener but you never know what will happen if you choose to go down that road. 

The little girl wants to go to the backyard and down the alley because she is tired of living a sophisticated life.  She wants to play with the poor kids and get dirty.  The little girl wants to bend the rules and get into trouble.  However; society will not allow the little girl to run around with children with that status. 

When I read this I thought about how the little girl in the front yard gets things she wants such as toys, food, clothes and more.  The kids in the backyard or alley have to work hard and do not always get the finer things in life. 

Be careful what you wish for in life.