Will This Place Remember Me

For Abby

Will this place remember me?

For years, I clipped and cared, planted flowers

   everywhere I dared,

before we were gone.

We have since moved on.

Passing by sporadically,

I have wondered: will this place remember me?

Maybe every spring

there will be a holiday:

The flowers will throw a grand parade.

They will pop up, smile, wave to me in the wind,

   and I will be so happy to see them again.

 

 

Credits: Initially published in "Wyoming Writes: Seasonings For Life", an anthology of Wyoming County, NY writers (2002). Dedicated to Abby "The Faery Lady" Sparling; you can see more of her faery houses on the following site. She was an avid gardener and was kind to the "little people" on her land.

http://www.mrscribbles.com/fh/faeries.htm

Reviews

[April " if anyone ..]

Great job. I love it. Good Luck

[J.e. Doherty]

I hate commenting on poetry, especially by poets who are obviously better at it than I am.

This for me paints a wonderful picture of the subject and brings her character to life in my mind. She reminds me of my grandmother. Her garden is now a block of units but I still remember her even if the garden can't.


JEDoherty

[Rc R. Vagilidad]

very naturalistic.. you used metaphor with great splendor; but i can feel the sadness upon it... i commend you!