Josiah Vermont

Thanks for the Flowers
-Josiah Vermont

You asked “How much longer?”
and I said “I’ll be home soon..
Could be any day now
maybe when summer’s through”
But two years come and gone and I still
feel like I’m buried
Surrounded by life’s walking dead
in a concrete cemetery
Sent me a letter last month again
It helped time pass on
Like flowers placed over a grave
after the parade has gone
These days I keep my mind on edge
but thoughts trickle through, slow
Summer passed me by a
long time ago