I must go back

 Do roses bloom as once they did ?
Did snow fall on the cypress tree
just in time for Christmas
and holly berries red at Michaelmas ?
And was the ivy on the wall,
sparrows' noisy chatter deep
in the rampant leaves ?
and was the garden shed still leaning
the padlock never locked ?

I must go back to see the roses
and stroke the cypress tree,
perhaps this year at Christmas;
make a wreath of holly berries
ripe and red at Michaelmas;
listen to sparrows' noisy chatter
from the ivy on the wall,
find the garden shed still leaning
the padlock never locked.