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Things that remind me of flowers:

A few things.

By when I writePublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
Top Story - August 2024
Things that remind me of flowers:
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Things that remind me of flowers:

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The ceiling fan in your bedroom that scared me, so we pushed the bed as far away from it as possible. Now, after a long night, I stare up at it and count its four petals rhythmically as my eyelids meet

Steady steady

They hold on

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Your favorite red lipstick on my favorite lips. Yours. The way they part when you form an O, the way they part when there’s an O forming, the way I can see where your red lips claimed my land; Marking it to say “I was here”

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When I think of us.

Corny. But true.

Little seeds, unsure for a moment. Placed by the wind, the earth, the sun, the moon

Placed by fate.

Blossoming . Rising. Over any and all things. Looking at each other. We are each other’s winds, earths, suns and moons

Each other’s flowers.

And that’s the poem. I actually just changed one of the words which is interesting because this poem exists in the world somewhere else with another ending.

Thanks for reading.

Peace

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About the Creator

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Hello.

What?

23, Black, queer, yup

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