You’re rooted so deeply inside me
There are sunflowers growing out of my aorta
Seeds bleeding into my lungs
Where skin breaks open poppies sprout up
I am my own garden
Oak trees grow from my scalp
And hummingbirds fly from my ears
It's beautiful and awe inspiring
But I can't live with all this life coming from my skin
The budding flowers in my lungs are suffocating
And my heart doesn't pump quite right
My hair is jagged and knotted around tree stumps
And I cannot hear anything but hummingbird wings
This garden is swallowing me
And I don't know what will be left of my soul
When the flowers take root
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