i
lost
              a
       poem

I hope they find me
Surrounded by poems that
Are yet unfinished.

I shall not fear the
Dark, for the brightest of lights
Shines within my heart

Wrap me in paper.
Adorn me with ribbons.
A tag addressed "only for you."
I shall offer the most fragile of gifts, myself.

An old photograph
dad and mum were so young then
I held back my tears

I saw your garden
For the first time in months
All the perennials had
Trebled in size
The agapanthus, by the wall,
Put out many heads
And by the fence
The large poppies
And fluted penstemons
Flutter in the breeze
Which sways the hollyhocks
To and fro
On that same windy spot.


Love Mum to Victoria ***