From my rotting body

I love you

But the seeds you planted in my soil

they’re poisoning

encroaching on my tulips

roots are cramped

lilac petals shed onto the garden floor

And my pistils won’t fire

my flowers backs are hunched don’t even dare to look at the sun.

angry green ivy weaves through the rows

making sure our purple faces won’t look up.

staring at the rich land makes me want to

come back to it

start over

become Earth once again

my body will rot

instead of my soul

where a green glare won’t strike fear

snails would munch on my wilted flesh

hopefully you’d salvage my seed and save me for a special plot

one that was meant for us all along

plum colored cheeks proud for acres.

there it goes but I’m ready,

a spiny thorn gouges my bulb

and just before life flickers out

I catch sight of you

suddenly I don’t want to drop your gaze,

I want life, I want you.

But, you are truly breathtaking

and as long as I’m on this earth

I will love you.

forever