1.
You were ill that winter.
The flowers in your windowsill
caught the flu,
their red petals turned
yellow
against the snow.
You remember those.
You remember the way
their scent
changed
from rose to lavender.
2.
And when Christ learned
to walk,
you weren’t surprised.
You thought he was another
human being
who would one day
carry
the groceries
up the front steps,
blue flowers
in his hands.
3.
Most of us learn
when we are young
that shopping carts
sink
when placed
in the ocean.
I watched a phone
flower
into a dozen
mockingbirds
that never learned
to sing.