Something Blooms

Unpluck my petals why dont you 

Whilst I watch you over there

And I’ll catch a glance of the sun

set right in front of me

So careful

Not to stare

You could pour me a drink

Whilst I attempt to untie my tongue

You could

Catch me

Before it ripens my words

Catch me

Before those words tease my throat

Catch me

Before all thoughts begin to poise and sting

The compression of my lungs

Oh -

I know I come off armoured

and sometimes a little cold

Wearing pretences of untouchable

Playing the part of somebody bold

But inside I’m a mere child

A real fiend for affection

Act as though nothing phases me

But really,

I’m just hungry for your attention

and how the gods can be so cruel

the gods in my mind

with their self-fulfilling prophecies

and the stars i thought had aligned

"In this life you have to be chosen, mi amor"

she said

holding my hand, sobering clarity

the one that you adore

just

wasn’t

me

Still

I’ll keep that thread of you

inside my palm

The one began etching in the winter of June

Stubborn I know I am inside

but lessons are soon revealed in slits

No -

I am not misshapen

You are just someone else’s gift

And no matter how many times I may try

You cannot enter a locked door

When you are not the key that fits