poppies

• a single dove
• to run my finger through your hair
• the dove pulled freely against the sky


  sense of freedom, doves symbolise peace and the sky represents heaven
• my stomach busy


  the mother has butterflies, mothers instinct
• released a song bird from its cage


  metaphorical, he's been let out into the real world now.

  or, his soul has been released from his body
• i pinned one onto your lapel


  she puts a poppy onto him, making him a metaphor for rememberance
• smoothed down your shirt's upturned collar


  reminising the days where she could take care of him

  motherly actions

  nostalgia
• the world overflowing like a treasure chest
• i listened, hoping to hear