Lavender
Soft words of greeting
Summer gardens
Garden snakes
Houses of grand trinkets
Ironing boards
Cauliflower
Clam chowder
Eating dirt in your front bed of flowers
Large canisters of rice, sugar and flower
Your kitchen table was red
“Goddammit I bet I’ll whoop yo ass!”
Walnuts in bowls
Metal nut crackers
The most interesting living room with encyclopedias
Corn stalks taller than my uncle
Marijuana plants sprinkled in
The best smile with the best lips that spoke the word Pootsack
Buttons
Yarn
Cooking
Baking
Severe words for foolishness
Your glasses
How you would neatly fold paper
Shopping for deli meat
The smell of lavender
I will remember all of these things of you.
I will not remember the things that brought you pain.
You will be lavender to me.
Very realistic and tangible. I can surely relate to the words.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I wrote these words for her while she was sick and read them for my family at her homegoing service.
ReplyDelete