these violets

take a gift, friend,

these violets, plucked

from your mother's

backyard

scatter your memories,

purple petals, borrowed

from the fields behind

the train tracks

breathe the air again,

amethyst heirlooms, stolen

from heaven's front

gates

take a gift, friend,

these violets, so that

you may remember

- I am by your side forever -

the backyard,

the train tracks,

the gates

my violet,

I will not leave you behind