my true love gave to me
nothing  because  well  what’s true love exactly anyway
give me substance
give me raw material
give me what is coming today 
a load of gravel dumped down my driveway
a gift  your brow furrows
well yes  I respond

ever the creative bug this more so than anything else
a gift I can embrace 
no bright bouquet or a pretty wrapped box
on any given day  give me gravel
give me soil
give me something with which to get my hands dirty

on this first day of LexPoMo give me life  alive