Petals

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I can lay here and pull apart flower petals

Asking myself

“will he let go, or won’t he”

 

These feelings are all tangled up inside

Should be & shouldn’t be

 

I’m holding onto what has

Already begun to slip through my fingers

 

A love so instant

A love so distant

A love so vacant

 

The thousands of petals

Scattered around me

Won’t give me an answer

That belongs to you

 

The stems that have been broken

The sunlight that has been wasted

 

My thoughts that have faded

My hearts slow ache beats out a steady hum

 

A wind passes by

The sounds of “I love you”

Carried on by

Meant for lovers

Who hold one another close

Without the chance of letting go

 

The sunshine creeping back to its beloved horizon

As another day slips away

To be replaced by

Dark sky &

His moonshine

 

I can stay here

Surrounded by flower petals

With my head on my knees

My arms wrapped around myself

Giving myself the answer that petals won’t