Dream Flowers Poem by Chris Embrick

Each night she walks among the shadows
There picks dream flowers from the hills
In her heart's the secret no one knows
Scattered thoughts of Spring, in Winter's chill.

Forbidden love would go uncovered
Though not wed, they were soon to marry
War took from life her only lover
Now in memories past, she tarries

Her parents can't explain her saddness
Why in life's prime, she's so bereft
Some say she caught a touch of maddness
With news about her young soldier's death

No one suspects her darkest secret
On the hill beneath the Winter snow
It's love that keeps her heart in weakness
Why with Spring, her sorrow overflows

Alone she wanders in the meadow
There picks dream flowers from the hills
In every season her heartache shows
Hidden well, the secret no one knows
The tiny grave of stones near the rill
Covered each Spring with yellow daffodils.