You threw away my flowers
But I suppose they had 
Fulfilled their purpose
It was all so—
Temporary in nature

I’m trying to remember 
I’m trying to forget
In equal measure 
The pain
The pleasure
What remains is mine to treasure
An elegy to these blossoms

Like the time you traced 
The ridges in my finger nails
With your fingertips
Studying ever line
As time goes by 
These moments become divine

Or the time I almost crashed my car
On Silverlake boulevard
Drove in west from afar 
To give you the shirt right off my back

Or how our eyes briefly met 
When the music played loud
In the concert crowd
And for a moment we didn’t hide 
Put away our pride 
The deceit and betrayal 
Was just another tale 
One best laid to rest 
So I write an elegy to these blossoms

Temporary nature 
The floodgates open
Every bond made 
Is one made unbroken
So I recite an elegy to these blossoms 

I’m trying to remember 
I’m trying to forget
In equal measure 
All the pain
And all the pleasure
What remains I’ll be sure treasure

For there’s no going back 
And nothing lasts for forever 
Save— 
An elegy to these blossoms