The Pumpkin Rises

as pumpkin woke up from a long nap,
pumpkin woke up having singing and dancing songbirds in his head
thinking it was but a dream
he saw a thousand hearts or so spilled out around his bed

pumpkin had been hoping
that the songbird he knew and loved
would one day fly back to him
he hoped and hoped and finally needed to lay his head down
for a short nap he had hoped

but months later he woke up
the air was crisp and clean
he thought he caught a whiff of songbird’s favorite perfume
just enough to have him notice

and then he sat up in his bed
realized his nap lasted more than just a little while
found himself smiling musta had a good dream
and looking Dow; towards the floor the hearts he saw

the hearts and cards pictures and love
from pumpkins little turtle dove
all sweet and full of song
and there was a card that read I love you pumpkin more and more