sister, won't you send me a box full of
poppies, posies, pansies, and pear trees
phloxes, periwinkles, primrose, and peach blossoms?
brother, won't you send me a box full of
lavendar, lilacs, lotuses, and lemon trees
laurels, and lupines, squirrels, and fox tails?
father, won't you send me a box full of
camelias, chrysanthemums, carnations, and clovers
cedar trees, corn husks, cacti, and chipmunks?
mother, won't you send me a box full of
walnuts, willow trees, water lilies, and sweet tea,
my brother, my sister, my father, and you?
my brother, my sister, my father, and you.
holy spirit, take my heart and breath to
seal it, and save it, and break it for your glory
my lord, my god, holy, and faithful.