This Flower

 

We were alive

And how we blazed

With youthful potential

You will never forget our scent

The way the sunlight caught us growing

The way we settled together

With your messages of hope and strength

Writ large and defiant with remembrance

The way the dew fell from us

Like teardrops on a northern street

Each of us unique

Drawn together

Into a singular defiance

 

This flower

Cut down

Before it had a chance to fully bloom

Delicate petals

Of every colour and hue

The rose and the daisy

Lying side by side

In a field of rainbows