Poetry

Secret Garden

inkycapnip

24 Apr 2025

I search for instructions on how to garden
The pictures are filled with manicured lawns
Soft grass in meadows bursting with flowers
in place of my dried brambles and thorns

Dandelion seeds longing to scatter
Sheltered by the willow tree
A sea of white blinds my kaleidoscope colors
Hedges keep the entrance a secret from me

Carnivorous plants look like gardenias
You dig up Your weeds while mine bury deeper
Your oak stands a millennium
i envy its keeper
my roots remain shallow
The wind rips me up
Allow land to lay fallow
Refilling my cup

your beauty is one I’m told is sublime
Why should I mind?
I cannot transplant from your garden to mine
I realize I’ve forgotten to cry

There's Time

I oft feel like I’m running out Wading in stagnant waters of doubt I wonder how I’ve survived without The things I can only dream about There is a time to mourn the past But bad things never seem to last It was my mind that held so

Crystal Clear Lines

guarantee we’ll survive every flow and ebb of tides we don’t control but thrive in spite of silly choices silly people silly fingers through the peephole empty words could never cut we’ve been through worse it’s not for us and so we remain simple unbothered opened

Ginny

I want to believe someone who writes such beautiful poetry could never hurt me, or desert me. Can I be worthy of such sweetness without suffering? I’ve never really been seen, People rarely get what I mean, But you dissect so effortlessly, A power that enraptures me. I notice

No one will believe you

Threaten one more time and I will spill every secret You’re naive to think I’d continue to keep it My lips are as loose as these tiny little screws Consequences of your actions long overdue “Keep your mouth shut or tighten the noose” I’d rather set fire

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There's Time

Crystal Clear Lines

Ginny

No one will believe you