VASE OF FLOWERS


SOMEDAY THE PETALS WILL FALL
LIKE THE TEARS OF SOMEONE
RELUCTANT TO LEAVE
SOMEDAY THE PETALS WILL FALL
WE WILL KEEP THEM UNTIL THEN
TO REMIND US OF THE LOVE
THAT FLOWS BETWEEN US
TO REMIND US
OF THE SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEARTS
WHERE YOUR LOVE DWELLS
THAT PLACE OF WARMTH
TO WHICH WE GO REMEMBERING
WHEN THE DAY IS WINTRY
AND THE SUN WON'T SHINE

f. a. vollmer