Flower buds

I didn’t bring a bottle of wine from the dark cellar

A bunch of roses would dry on the way, so

I brought you a watering can instead

And a gardening kit - and some flower buds

Eager they reignite into a dozen rosy scents

Into thousands of petals of the best breeds

So you can gather while looking at them

Why I choose to bring you buds, instead of flowers

I didn’t think a toast would convey my real inner

Same as I wanted you to gather I’d feel

When the buds will next bounce into lively flowers

Looking at you putting all efforts

Into keeping the spring going on them

So I sit longer by your side in between the flower beds

You still don’t cut the flowers, don’t lay them in vases

And you’ve rarely thought of their scent

Just looking at them is enough to make you feel you are-

To make you remember, I once was there…

Perparim 2009