Birthday Flowers

Walmart flowers and a stolen photo,

But it’s the thought that counts.

You see, I would have ventured into a forest,

Gathered the most exotic, the most fragrant

Flowers with a scintilla of lavender,

A redolence of vanilla, pine.

But that magical forest doesn’t exist:

This is real life.

But it’s the thought that counts –

And my thoughts are of you,

So, Walmart flowers and a stolen photo,

I hope they are everything and more than enough,

Because my thoughts and these words are yours.

Dedicated to Billy Fasig