Like Seeds breaking through the earth  

growth  is not a given

like a sprout

we can be crushed once we've risen

love is like a garden

pretty and easily tainted

like a new tree

supports must be created

love is nothing more and nothing less than a give and a take

an open market of hearts as innocent as spring  

people put on masks of gardeners ready to tend your soul

they keep the mask on long enough to have you worshipping

the ground they upon. it pretends to be holy but in truth it is black as coal

it cracks in the drought of true love and support

that every heart yearns for and deserves

after months of a war inside the victim of fake love hope contorts

it has been fed lies of abuse because thats all its been served

the heart has turned into a flower trapped by weeds

the roots of these vile plans strap it down tight

other gardeners and pesticides alike look at it and instead of becoming rescuers they whisper godspeeds

the flower cannot scream loud enough for people to notice its plight

fake love has intruded on a young buds story

let us rewind to the day of the market that was only trading in love

where instead of a empty heart in a mask the flower had chosen real love in all its glory

the flower would not be trapped instead it would be lifted up by a feeling as pure as a plain white dove

that flower would know that the words because I love you should not be used to coerce

instead they should be scribbled on a card of a bouquet of flowers or the inside of the top of a box of chocolates

the flower would no longer be a seed stomped on by fake love shown in fist fights and rules to traverse

fake love is like a garden filled with plants whose leaves have whole in them and petals found in hard to reach pockets

rows of excuses for never showing up and planters lined with reasons hearts deserve to be broken

real love is the stuff written inside of heart shaped lockets

real love is laying in a bed of roses with no "I love you's" left unspoken

like plants

hearts can be tricked by an early spring

like gardens

love needs tending

but also like nature

true love is never unattainable