Floral Farewell

Velvet red roses stand cheek to cheek with daisy faces, ringed in petal fringes, sweetly scented by creamy bubbles of double jonquil popcorn blooms beside a starburst yellow chrysanthemum, and long leaves squeezed between. Below, their stem-straws blur in the ribbed glass jar, looped with a satin orange bow for your 97 years we must farewell soon. The loved ones are visiting, bringing flowers, hugs, reminiscences for you, last of your generation - two brothers, two sisters. I don't want to say, 'Goodbye'. Let's have a few more days, or weeks, or months, just for keeping company, like the flower bunch.