Roses fair

An unknown man has sent me roses fair
My name is wrongly spelled upon the box
Invisible,impossible, who cares?

Perhaps he wants to do what no man dares:
To learn  statistics while he irons my locks
An unknown man has sent me roses fair

I hear a footstep on my creaking stair
Can it be a human or a fox?
Invisible in silence our hearts tear

I  dream of mother  calling out,beware!
She made me lots of cotton summer frocks
Lord, a man has sent me roses fair

Now my clothes are worn as is my hair
I have got more textbooks than wool socks
Invisibly, untimely, our hearts tear.

I wish I were a  book inside a box
With  no need for love or human touch
An unknown man has sent me roses fair
Unknowable,impossible to bear