Once we were green,
Happy as can be.
Our youth a shield,
It was just you and me.
But something snapped within those years,
Leaving you, a wildflower
and me, in tears.
Later, your petals began to fall
and I have watched it all
Through careful eyes
While yours were blind.
Now your leaves look down upon the earth
For so many years you silenced your worth.
From the Garden, rooted here,
I watch my memories of you slowly disappear.