My passenger seat

Where do you
go to find hope
and love?
Do you look
in a page
in a song
in a fish tank?

I once found a flower
in my passenger seat.
Short and sweet.
It watched as I drove
mocking my music
and my shoes.

I took it with me
to denny's.
I tried to order it
water, but
it insisted on
Dr. P.

Then I delivered
sent my flower.
I tried so hard
not to let go
that I pulled
too tightly
on the petals
and hurt it.

Now my flower
is gone.
Now my passenger seat
is empty.