It is a forever basket.
\nForget-me-nots for the buttons
\ndone and undone on our girls’ dresses.
\nSunflowers of yellow crepe and brown,
\nin their faces
\nall the light you gave me,
\nall the days
\nwhen light was all we owned,
\nand all we wanted.<\/p>\n
I put in violets of obsidian
\nfrom the green bottle
\nof a summer storm,
\nand cloth of linen
\nspread upon the future,
\nwith tulips of oval bronze,
\nand cups of wine,
\nand a moment of unmeasured love.
\nThere is dew from snowflakes
\ncast in gold,
\nall that I could gather
\nand hold suspended
\nin the dark slumber of my soul.
\nAnd the perfection of small things
\ngathered from a shore,
\nbroken shells and stones,
\nand star fish fallen from the heavens.<\/p>\n
I bring you happiness
\nfrom a bottle of perfume,
\nsummer essence,
\nand the yeast of old things,
\ngathered seasons,
\npassing one to another,
\nand the unchanged substance
\nof ourselves.
\nI put love between the spaces,
\na kiss for each thing
\nyou will have,
\nas you bring,
\nforever\u2019s love
\nto lips that want no other.
\nMy forever gift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is a forever basket. Forget-me-nots for the buttons done and undone on our girls’ dresses. Sunflowers of yellow crepe and brown, in their faces…<\/p>\n