if you were the sun
why did you die.
all things die.
people.
they lay under cold rocks
in abandoned yards.
flowers.
they close and wilt
and shrivel.
love.
it burns in your chest
until it eats your flesh.
i am an idiot for thinking
i could defeat death.
first law of nature,
second law of thermodynamics.
all things live to die.
i didn’t think
i’d be the one
to drive a stake
through your hollow chest
that did not bleed.
but i did.
i watched flowers
close
as the sun set.
i loved even though
it died
and that means i might
live again.
About the Creator
Sara
Don’t look for love.
Be love.
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