Crystal Hope

orchids in the clouds

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...