An embrace would meld us
Thaw us and bind us
Rough edges would melt and seam together
Forever, we would be unable
To be apart
Forever, we would be unable
To find sole solace
So our frail hearts
Love with caution
So we, who shake
Love in fear
I did not realize
That eternity
Was built
On the backs of people.
And took for granted
The loved ones
Providing shelter
To one like me.
If only I had told
Of my gratefulness sooner
And learned how
To architect my own.
Your memory sits on my soil.
Like a stone monument, I cannot move it.
Like a stone monument, I cannot deface or raze it.
I cannot dig up the ground on which it stands.
But I shall let the ivy grow over it;
I will reclaim all of me.
RED GLADIOLA 