Yellow lilies and roses,white daisies and carnationsexpressed our love on Mom andDad's coffins five years and ninedays apart. We didn't planto match the blooms, but who planswhat to say in love and death?Dad's mounded too high, Mom said,so hers mounded smaller: asimple spray, with as much care.I kept one yellow rose fromtheir funerals, kept one eachon the dashboard of my car.Though they faded, love remains.
Posted for Sumana's prompt "Say It With Flowers" at What's Going On?
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A beautiful tribute to your parents. Gd bless them !
ReplyDeleteA beautiful remembrance of your parents.
ReplyDelete"who plans
what to say in love and death?"
and sometimes there are no words.
Poignant that you kept a rose from each
funeral on the dashboard of your car......
faded or not.
How lovely, to have a yellow rose each on your dashboard for remembrance. Such a poignant poem. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteA brightly coloured tribute, Susan, and I love the thought of keeping a yellow rose each on the dashboard of your car.
ReplyDeleteYou are saying it with flowers; each word fragrant with memories and love. A beautiful tribute to your parents.
ReplyDeleteOh beautiful..love always remains...and "who plans / what to say in love and death?" - that hit me hard..
ReplyDeleteSuch beauty in their remembrance so wonderfully expressed
ReplyDeleteSigh. Your love for them and the care expressed in the arrangements speak clearly through this poem, Susan.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful, moving piece... love remains... always...
ReplyDeleteRe: your comment on mine. That is exactly what I intended. Thanks so much for the careful reading of my poem!
ReplyDeleteSo moving, a beautiful tribute to your parents
ReplyDeleteLove remains - that is true ...
ReplyDeleteA wonderfully tender reflection, Susan, filled with love.
ReplyDeleteA lovely remembrance
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