Purple Flowers

One purple flower,

your favorite color,

in the meadow,

surrounded by rocks,

water, and fading plants,

it grows next to the creek,

tucked in the middle of the valley,

like you once did.

It's your birthday,

the day we would have

gotten you purple cosmos,

but now your body is gone,

no cosmos today,

but the flower the grows

in the middle of the valley

on this October day

reminds me of you.