I need some flowers

I need some flowers

To say to myself

I’m sorry

For the pain that comes

From not knowing

What to do

What to feel

Where to go

How to deal

With life and its infinite

Questions

Many times

With no answers

I need the bright yellow

Of a jolly sunflower

The sweet, caring scent

Of a rose or a lily

To comfort myself

To embrace my

So often forgotten

Kindness

So sadly ignored

I need a bouquet

That brightens my day

That fills in for the love

That seems to be gone

I can’t look at the darkness

Of a romance so lost

Or pretend anymore

That life is a challenge

That I need to work on

I promised

That I wouldn’t doubt

Myself or my strength

Yet I’m falling apart

I just need some flowers

To remind myself

That nature and colour

Are there everywhere

As starts and as endings

As always there is hope

A blooming peony

A tulip that folds

I need some flowers

To hold and behold.

Written on November 2005