• take this,
    dear one,
    to the grave
    of the one
    who needs
    grieving the most.
    'why not flowers?'
    because,
    dear one,
    flowers do not last.
    they do not
    represent
    the life
    of the one
    who needs
    grieving the most.
    this present,
    dear one,
    would've been
    very special
    to the one
    who needs
    grieving the most.
    they did not,
    dear one,
    live a life
    where what they
    earned in life
    was a bouquet
    of flowers
    for death.
    not at all.
    what you are
    to give to them
    they deserved
    but never got.
    they were buried
    in silence,
    in solitude.
    by a stranger
    who did not care
    who they were.
    so this gift,
    dear one,
    would've been
    very special
    to the one
    who needs
    grieving the most.
    you see,
    dear one,
    what you are holding
    is a glass vial
    of my tears.
    of my sympathy for them,
    of my sorrow
    that they are
    no longer here.
    of my regret
    of not ever being there
    to comfort them
    in their times
    of trial.
    of my happiness
    that they are
    in a better place.
    and of my longing
    for their presence again
    in my desolate life.
    please,
    dear one,
    as you spread this
    over their grave,
    give them some
    of your own,
    and let them know
    that I will be
    joining them soon.
    that they were loved,
    even if they
    didn't notice.
    and that they
    are not forgotten.