a gardener's dream

a gardener's dream 

don't flower me with false petals

scrape the thorns off your poems

and stay in a sincere garden

 

or the water will be turned off

the tears fake

the roses will vacate the heart

 

there will be no pretty

no hushed whispers of love

don't flower me with false petals

 

I need not your shriveled blooms

to decay in my memory

press them in your own book

 

let your poems fossilize themselves

into a gift of humility

into an impression of truth

 

maybe that is your only capability

with your less than green thumb

and your colorless pen.

 

 

erin-=cilberto

6/29/23

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

Stay true, stay authentic in dealings, in conversations, emotions. People can pick up on that. The author wants trust and straightforwardness.
I love it!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Sami,
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[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome sir Jacob.