I had a meadow once. I think.
\nThere I walked with my father\u2019s loving hand
\nReaching to gently say hi atop each flower.<\/p>\n
I got married there. I think.
\nAnd as I walked toward my soon to be husband
\nHis eyes reached and touched to say you\u2019ll always be mine.<\/p>\n
There was a bench there. I think.
\nWhere I sat in my lace dress on cool hard marble, it held me
\nThen said go, go, go now to your future embraced by love all ways.<\/p>\n
We planted the daffodils there. I think
\nMy grandmother – her hands showed me how dirt feeds
\nWhile I balanced glasses of iced tea on a tray decorated with smiles.<\/p>\n
Snowdrops grew there. I think.
\nThe most dependable flower. Every February they showed their delicate reminder that spring would come.
\nWhile I watched in amazement wondering how they broke through ice.<\/p>\n
Someone made it for me. I think
\nOh how amazing to hear a meadow would be planted just for you
\nOh how I listened in delight and couldn\u2019t wait to see it grow.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s there if I go rightly. I think.
\nAnd all the bees and birds, butterflies and milkweed
\nWill sing in delight \u201cAh! There she is! We were waiting to dance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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