Arden Child
When I was young
And it was necessary
For my world to be
Small and safe and beautiful,
Here it lay, outside my door.
The greens became enchanted land;
The woods, an endless trail,
The sound of creek and rocks
My symphony.
Barefoot and free, I ran
Along the wild paths.
Fruit from a hundred trees
Fell to my hand
Above the hedgerows were the sky and stars,
Remembered blue as blue.
A proper soil for a growing soul
Where love, a circle round,
Assured me of my place on earth.
--Marjory Poinsett Jobson
Marjory Poinsett Jobson (1916-85) grew up in Arden and lived at the house on Cherry Lane known as the "Vista" or "Bluebird." She belonged to the Poetry Society of Wilmington.
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