the clouds will draw their curtains
and tears of mercury will ignite the sky
burning holes into the greenest of the grasses
tearing holes into homes,
tearing holes into our mind
but I will remain.

Tornados may swirl above me
a luminescent glow of gray and blue
cutting like a million knives
in the flesh of the earth
but I am sure I will remain.

I will wake up one day and you are not here
to hold me in your arms like you once did
when all I feel is my arms pressed tightly around my chest.
I am alone,
and I am angry
but my heart will remain.

when the people you love do not love you anymore,
and the sky turns an ominous shade of black,
you will cry and you will drown.
the seeds to which you had blossomed will die
and your leaves of everlasting light will decay
but the soil is intact, the roots are concealed from harm
and your soul shall flourish
and your soul shall remain
just as mine did
when my pedals began to die.