Your Flowers Don't Bloom in My Heart
A Poem
Fragrant blooms on the kitchen table
Sweet, aromatic
Exuding perfumed mists of devotion
And alluring notes of romance
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But is it romance?
Is it love when my heart is hardened from neglect
And my blood has dried from loneliness?
Does it even matter to you anymore?
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Dehydration clogs my vessels
My heart pumps grains of desert sand
Thickened with remnants of a once gooey romance
Veins plastered with shedded tears
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A place where nothing grows and flowers don’t bloom
Our love’s light has long darkened
Yet, you bring me flowers
An empty gesture as soon forgotten as I am to you
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Your flowers mean nothing
Just another life ripped from the soil
And left in a glass cage to wither and die
Like our love
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So toss your watery bouquet from the table
And feed the scorched soil of my broken heart
About the Creator
Cathy holmes
Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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Yes! So powerful!