João Camilo Poet Rhyme

I Saw a Man Gathering a Few Flowers

I saw a man gathering a few flowers
And wondered if they could be for me.
He tied them together with a lilac bow,
Vanishing between the city’s towers. 

I didn’t open my window or I did close,
Just in case he would come again. 
I want to hear his humming then say:
“Daises are fine, I will not demand a rose.” 

So rare this sight is – not the man but the bower
Where the small flowers insist to grow.
I only knew about them once before
when my mother told me a tale from a tv’s show. 

She is now silent and motionless in a tomb,
This time I cannot ask for her advice, 
If the man climbs up the staircase:’
Should I keep singing while my hair I comb?

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