Sweet William
A spray of dainty blue, A wafting scent Control the strings of time And draw me back To longer, slower days And I recall The teapot overflowing With these flowers. You picked them and exclaimed About the scent Your comments (And your pot) Always the same. Image: bobc4 on Flickr But now I know That all routines must change, The flowers grow More scarce from year to next. I haven't seen the teapot in... How long? And all our ties of love have Changed as well, Becoming deeper, stronger through the years Revived each day In all the little things; A look, a smell, a sound, ...