This is a children's bed time story that I've been editing. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
There was an old lady
who was proud as can be,
with a charming flower garden
for all to see.
She would tend to it daily,
with love and with care.
So enchanting it was,
people would stop and stare.
When no one was looking
a strange happening took place.
The flowers would have
a silly smile on their face.
Yes, the flowers had faces,
with eyes, mouths and noses.
Even the biggest, smallest
and reddest of roses.
The flowers stood proudly,
all lined up in a row.
In the garden of secrets
where enchanted flowers grow.
Under cover of darkness
with the stars twinkling bright,
the flowers leapt out of the garden,
dancing beneath the moonbeams light.
Their leaves became arms and hands,
their roots, legs and feet.
Out of the ground they skipped,
dancing to a beat.
With a broom for a guitar
and a pail for a drum,
Johnny Jump-Up and his band,
called all flowers to come.
The garden became bare
as the yard filled with flowers.
All singing and dancing
till the early morning hours.
The Mums and the Daisies
played hide and go seek
while the Lillies and Iris’,
took a swim in the creek.
All of the flowers,
the young and the old,
sat in a circle
while story time was told.
They listened happily
as wise, old Bachelor Button spoke.
Giggling out loud
at his stories and jokes.
When the stars began to fade
and the moon wasn’t as bright,
the flowers knew it was bed time
and they all said, “goodnight!”
They leapt back into the garden,
from that which they came.
When the sun rose each morning,
the garden always looked the same.
If you listen very closely
on a warm starry night,
you might hear the flowers singing,
if you close your eyes tight.