FLoWeRs by Wendy Cope

Oh I jus love flowers. Do you know when I was a kid, I almost gave myself the name 'Flora'?Well at that time, it was in vogue. But then I was so tomboyish then and was worried I would be laughed at .. anyway, here's a lovely poem on flowers.

Flowers

Some men never think of it. 
You did. You'd come along 
And say you'd nearly brought me flowers 
But something had gone wrong.

The shop was closed. Or you had doubts - 
The sort that minds like ours 
Dream up incessantly. You thought 
I might not want your flowers.

It made me smile and hug you then. 
Now I can only smile. 
But, look, the flowers you nearly brought 
Have lasted all this while.

(Wendy Cope)