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title: Secret Garden
week: 13
date: 2024-04-01
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The landscape was filled with hidings aplenty. Even though strange happenings often occurred here, curious people came in droves each summer. Lush greens and vibrant purples blanketed rich earth. Trees hushed solemnly. What if they found out what was drawing them all in?\
"This place is incredible," I heard my next victims exclaim. After their footsteps stilled, I lurched out and grabbed them, two unexpecting lovers. Leaves crunched under heavy foot as I dragged them back to my home. The garden around us laughed wickedly, another story to savour.
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Crawling though thriving shrubbery\
Giddy with anticipation\
The gate to a world of wonder\
Dewy from precipitation

Calming feelings that wash the senses\
The tickle of cool morning breeze\
Along sun rays that tender skin\
For prickle from heaped deadfall leaves

My destination brings comfort\
Sitting with my knees to my chest\
Within a small void of the bush\
Getting a moment of sweet rest