Monday, April 8, 2024

NaPoWriMo #08

 

FLOWERS SO SADLY WATERED

These lips so delicate have nothing

but trust that they will receive nothing

but love. By the time I found you,

that wasn’t enough, so you grew teeth,

and even though I loved you, as hard

as I loved you, so hard I bled

at your bite. We both wept

and drooped, you in fear

that none would ever love you,

and I in sorrow that you couldn’t

see through the stains. 

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