Seeds (2008)

They blew in through the door one day
The winds had planned it so
I looked across in bemusement at the
seeds outside my door

They begged to be planted
and held a promise lovely and true
The gardener of hope in me
cried out the words " I love you"

So I planted them in my yard
and watched the seedlings grow
little by little ,my folly grew
life had decreed it so

The first thorns that shed my blood
were soft and tender to touch
they almost folded in apology
as my hands recoiled in horror

Seasons passed
rains came and went
My mildewed life was grey
The vines had grown and shut my door
The air was dank
The rituals routine
I lived on but only within

i glanced outside my window on that fateful day
It was like a machete stroke
The sun was out the paths were clear
a clear voice in my head spoke

of life and freedom
of the sweet intoxication of love
i broke into a sweat of passion
and stood up trembling with hope

i heard it a little too late
The noise was gentle and firm
A cacophony of silence rent the air
as my house shook in shock

A flower had  burst out in my yard
It grew forth like the wind
Crimson with the blood of my soul
Scarlet with my guilt

I hacked and cut and tore the petals
it seemed not to care
it tore the walls of my house down
and i felt the crowd outside grow

A spectacular spectacle it seemed to all
A growing chant reverberated in the air
mouths murmured and lips did move
as they gazed upon the flower

You reap what you sow
You bleed when you dream
you die when you wish
and so they chanted on

I looked on in wonder at what i done to my home
my past was my present
my future a dream
I whispered to my self

The flower bent down
the crowds closed in
They had their say and reached below
to smother the tiny little flame