Petals in the Wind

Have you ever seen it drift away
The petals from a flower
When the wind blows no matter how strong and sturdy
Doesn't it still blow away

It may have grown through the toughest conditions
On the highest mountains
The lowest valleys
The darkest and roughest seas
But once picked
It blows with the wind

But I… I have chosen to hold on
Never ever have I held such fragility so tightly
The wind screams at me to let go
How dare it tug and pull at your tenderness
I can't let go ...not after all the gardening and weeding

He helped prune and water
Helped keep you beautiful
We cared for you like a child
Watched you grow and misbehave
Took turns when we both couldn't see the right way

Even as we both neglected you and the dark sun took away your energy
When You could no longer feed and were covered in the rubble
You persevered and stayed strong
We grew you so well that you could live on beyond us

But the wind
The wind is proving to be much too strong
We took too long to return
Too long to protect you
Too long to shield you
Too long to tell the wind “NO!
We want it”

I grabbed as much as I can and I hold these petals dearly
From across the field I see him save some and weep
The smile it brings to see that after so long we still both care for you
The smile that fades to see petals blow past my face
Fading from his hand
He wishes for his grip to be stronger but the elements
They say let them go

Do I listen to howls of the wind?

I've released a few and now him and I are left with one
From across the field we hold our petals
Our weeps seem to give the petal life
It lives receiving no nutrients but our tears

But in his eyes I see the hole
That hole eats away my inside
I feel the same emptiness in my eyes
I see it eat away at his very soul

Do I listen to the howls of the wind and let go?
Leaving my insides hollow
Never returning to the field
But looking through the hole in my eyes just to see more innocent petals drift.