tears empty my stormy eyes
like a thundercloud draining
from charcoal skies.
purple orchids dusted
with powdered pollen
drenched with water droplets
falling...
silent prayers escape my lips
tasting the salt from my eyes.
i watch the bristles of dandelions
whistle as winter dies.
i carry a flowerpot in my heart
overflowing with busted buds
i shouldered with love.
a love, a weight of the world
I deemed so precious.
a hourglass in the ocean,
a love letter of lost lessons.
a gift lifted by pearly gates
and glimmered in the shadows
of my vengeance and hate.
i watched the clouds open wide
and in those moments I cried...