This Made Me Think of You Both

Outside a coffee shop
She was rummaging through 
Her greenhouse of a car,
Flowers growing 
As if the seats were soil. 

She pulled out two children 
As her husband closed his door. 

She brought them + a small bucket of 
Flowers inside to the table, 
Where she + he built 
Bouquets with their kids watching. 

Silently arranging colorful fragrances, 
It felt like she was teaching. 

How to be a family, 

+ how to love beauty. 



I wonder if she knew.