Bouquets came to your front door often
Delivered to you in hopes to soften
Your day, the blow, your fate, I don’t know

Then one day a green plant arrived 
I said “with our black thumbs, let’s keep this one alive”
With sunlight, and water and love from a daughter 

Fresh cut flowers always fade 
Not a welcome reminder in these days 
They hint at the closure, lamenting over, 
As the end draws closer, fresh stems, no sir. 

The plant grew stronger as you faded
Like those fresh stems we always hated 
Cut off, at the root, god, what will I do?

The care was easy to tell you the truth 
Why couldn’t the same instructions help you 
The sunlight, and water, and love from a daughter 

Fresh cut flowers always fade 
Not a welcome reminder in these days 
They hint at the closure, lamenting over, 
As the end draws closer, fresh stems, no sir. 

It sat ignored in your window sill 
There was no reason to care for it still 
The plant is fine, I can’t, give me time 

Some time and offer love to her daughter 
Some time and offer love to her daughter 

It’s now in my window sill and thriving 
A connection to this world and me still surviving

Fresh Stems

Emily Marie Music

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