blossom water

blossom water

you are full of songs from morning birds

you have remembered all her colors these are the colors of your home

you do a lot of things you do not want you say it is because you are patient

you say this because you are kind

you look away from the setting sun and ask

how long has the moon been out?

before you know it the day is gone

and you are sitting in the dark

water tension: something slight enough sits on your surface without having to break through

when your teeth fall out again

you wake up crying

it is the part of you that smells like her of which you are most afraid

you have been testing your bravery

a challenge to yourself comes with every decision not to wash her from your skin

the clouds help the sunlight breathe today you practice breathing with them

wasn’t there something that existed like this before?

you wash your heart in blossom water

you grow thick

you only change shape

you do not break

all you remember of her now

are bodies of water

leigh marques @mo0ndrool