PLEASE PICK ME A POPPY:

Please pick me a poppy, for the soldier who fought,

For the words we never said & the ones we ought,

Please pick me a poppy, for every love we have lost,

For every impossible cause, no matter what their cost.

 

Please pick me a poppy, for the woman, man & child,

For all who are tamed & for those, still roaming wild,

Please pick me a poppy, for every beast & feathered bird,

For every song upon the breeze & for every written word.

 

Please pick me a poppy, for all, & everyone upon this earth,

For all those leaving life now, & for all those meeting birth,

So please pick me scarlet poppies, one for every single day,

Until you hold in your full arms, all of life within bouquets.