Alfie Burn lives in Beckenham, London.

He is interested in sport, travel and creativity of all kinds

TREE

I remember you planted me when you were five

You checked on me every day

You used to bring your friends to play

I remember when you were five

Time goes quickly.

You started to grow up so fast.

Why wouldn’t that time last?

I wish time would slow.

Now you’re eighty-five.

You walk in the woods every day.

You wish you could still play.

Eighty years went by so fast.

I remember when you were five.

I will never forget the day we met.

June 2017