Just for You

I stood alone

in a vast field of wildflowers

shielding my eyes

from the sun

crazy dazzling beautiful

it was

patiently waiting

for that perfect flower

to speak up

and

gloriously represent

what you mean

to me

and then I spotted it

isolated

perfect

and I plucked it

from the rich earth

wrapping it carefully

giddy with excitement

but when you opened my gift

you looked puzzled

and sad

the wilted stem

the moldy leaves

the bugs squirming in its center

and

looking up at my face

you asked why…

Fuck you. That’s why.