FLOWERS

FLOWERS
Seemed sweetest when found on Market/
Not a store but a street,
Way back in NineTeenSeventy somethin'/
NineTeenSeventy-Two to be exact.

She could've been Minnie Rippertin's Daughter/
She looked like Minnie and wore flowers In her hair like Minnie, but she was only Twelve years old like me/

And as I watched this Flowers blossoms Bloom
Stevie Wonder Hits and The Commanders "Just To Be Close To You"
Watered the grounds of that for which My love for Flowers grew!

My Young Black Love/
My First Love/
It's so strange these days how the Seasons have changed,
And how my Love for Flowers,
Well,
It still remains!