i didn't write a daydream about you today

instead i pulled apart all the flowers you once planted

i trimmed the dark roses scattered across my face

uprooted the soft yellow tulips that sprang up on my arms

and cut away the pink hollyhocks that blossomed along my thighs

all your words and our moments

every smile and quick kisses

were tiny seeds that made their homes on my body

a body now lush with a fresh garden since

you taught me to love myself and

look for the soil within the parts i once thought were barren