The Flowers That Still Grow

It was June

The flowers bloomed around you

There are butterflies drinking

From the the broad heads of the flowers there

They are beautiful

They are near you

When I cannot be

They grow and spread their joy

Like how you once did

Eventually they will wilt back to the earth

Back to you

Once there was a June I thought the flowers would never grow

Yet it pulled through

They always do

I wish I was the one who have put the flowers there

But you’ve always had a way to create your own beauty

In a grove of grief and tears

You’ve made it into a monument of beauty

A way for us to remember

There will be better June days to be had

And more flowers to bloom

If you allow them to grow

Elizabeth Almeida ©2021

In Loving Memory