Tulip

She said when she dies she’s wants one tulip

On the coffin

She said the significance of this

Is there is no significance

She said if there is to be a eulogy

You have to make it rhyme

And use your imagination

And fill in the blanks of time

She lived her life

Like a free brush on a canvas

Making lines go separate ways

So no one knew what it would mean

All the colours were unintended

And the clouds were deliberate

As was the smoke in your eyes

Nobody knew how hard she tried

The smile on her face looked out of place

In a world troubled by fear

I swear she spoke on a pillar of hope

That she was glad she was no longer here

I’m standing here alone with her name in stone

Every letter is a scar

And the graveyard is cruel and unkind

I know she’s laughing at leaving me behind

And here am I five years on

Mourning as if it was yesterday

Feeling stupid twisted and unsolved

Stamping on the memories that have evolved

How I wish I’d never met you

Because I can’t forget you

I have only thing I can save

It’s the day of the year I place a Tulip on your grave

©JMcN 2016