Garden Of Crowns
I wrote this in honor of my parent's marriage and also in reference to the circle of love and life. Musing from the image of my mother wearing a crown made of daisies on her wedding day. Aaron and I held a commitment ceremony about 4 years after my father passed, I too wore a daisy crown and wrote this “love song” in hopes that it would bring happiness to my mother and family even though we were grieving his loss. We try our best to plant daisies at my father's grave every spring.
About the song
Lyrics
She wore daisies on her wedding day
Love-linked stems that are here to stay
They’re a constant gift for tabletops to prove
That their love won't stop or ever lose
A fastened crown of flowered weeds
Made by children who run through the trees
A daisy crown can be worn by daughters of a queen
Or little girls who are never heard or unseen
Tell me love what can we leave behind? For when we die and lay side by side?
Plant seeds and pray with the sun
You know our stories ended but theirs has just begun
They’ll l be watered once the tears start to flow
And in our grave, a garden of crowns will grow
A daisy crown will fall fast apart
Leaving love strong in our minds and hearts
But just when you think it’s dead and over
Our garden of crowns comes to life with clover
Contributors
Katherine Schimke, Zach Kasik, Shake E. Fowlkes,
Laurie Corbin