It was a strange word on my lips Staring at the beautiful blue stalk "One dollar a stem" the sign said The way it rolls of the tongue when you talk One buck out, I headed back To the place I stayed alone It was too quiet, empty, and sterile But it sure as hell beat staying home
I placed the little mourning stalk In the place that she used to sit She and I never really looked or talked But somehow, her absence is amiss So I took a plastic water cup And those flowers of the evening sky And in that hospital, like room I would sit and ponder why
And though I felt alone And isolated from it all That drooping stem of delphinium Made the room feel a little more calm
Because I knew things weren't Perfect as they stood But between this and my house I'd stay forever if I could But stay forever I could not I had only one week left So I buckled down, goal in mind To make it the best week yet
Delphinium- the name of lonliness The sound of wonder and fear The word of friendship and adventure Oh how I wish you were here