Planting

you

by

other

bushes

watering

feeding

pruning

clipping

buds

popping

blooms

bursting

bleeding

henna

sunsets

you

my

dear

aren’t

your

blossoms

you

my

dear

are

simply

my

sunlight

Serpentine

road

slithers

past

my

chair

asphalt

sidewinder

resembling

our

love

uphill

full figured

curvy

hills

valleys

prairie

mountains

disappearing

into

jungle

behind

rocky

outcropping

sometimes

boulder

ridden

icy

foreboding

others

mirage

tempting

dry

cracked

but

isn’t

that a

quest

adventure

discovery

the

road

we

are

We

were

once

now

we’re

forever

hours

separate

us

but

we’re

hand in

glove

body in

jacket

foot in

shoe

we’re

left to

right

salt to

pepper

oil to

vinegar

sometimes

separate

opposed

but often

found

together

we

are simply

love

abundant

The

door

to my

heart

that you

slammed

remains

ajar

bleeding

slick

I

still

fall

for

others

that

step

there

loves

nightlight

drips

like

black

coffee

into the

cup of

your

hand

you

drink

from

it

sipping

me

slowly

feeding

from

my

life

blood

now

I am

love

anemic