Forget-me-not —poem for Vinny

Flowers behind your ear
Water runs blue and clear
Letters to my mother
Baseball with my brother
Cigarettes on the porch
Ashes next to the birch

Letters to my mother
Baseball with my brother
Our first names on a tree
Our last names seem to breathe
Cigarettes on the porch
Ashes next to the birch

Our first names on a tree
Our last names seem to breathe
Music sounds so gentle
Your picture on the mantle
Cigarettes on the porch
Ashes next to the birch

Music sounds so gentle
Your picture on the mantle
Flowers behind your ear
Water runs blue and clear
Cigarettes on the porch
Ashes next to the birch