In your absence
many lessons I did learn
like how to play with matches
and watch bridges burn

In your absence
many lessons I did learn
like how to see someone starving
and watch them yearn

In your absence
many lessons I did learn
like how to wait for karma
and watch the tables turn

In your absence,
many lessons I did learn
how I wish you wouldn't have taught me
how to feel so spurned

Petal lips blossom
Around a red rosebud -
A flushed flower unfurling,
Dewy with desire,
Intoxicating the air
With the sweetness of its scent