If my heart’s a garden,
Dear, I do not want to plant seeds of love only to find out I’ve grown weeds instead of flowers.
My love, I refuse to shed my tears to water temporary beings---
I refuse to let my toil produce bitterness.

Stranger, if you have no intention to stay,
I humbly plead to you, please, please go away
Do not settle your roots on my plowed soil;
Such ground is being prepared for a season of joy

The tempest has passed, along with it the past has been washed
Away, far, far away to a land I’ll never have to know once again
My love, the clouds have cleared and the sky is a beautiful shade of happy blue
Dear, I beg of you.
Dust off the grays before entering this sacred place.

And, if, you see what you seek within me.
I ask you to please be calm,
when it seems as if I’m destroying beautiful things
that I’ve planted along the years.
My love, remember all this started from nothing.
And from nothing, from scratch I shall grow once again---
for even roses and lilies only live for a season

And, if, you choose to love me;
I ask you to hold my hand and nothing more
On my own, I will break my soil to make room for your
long kept dreams and when I’m all done,
I would embrace you, and sing you to sleep.
My love, I invite you to rest underneath this tree
This tree of life whose fruits I’ve reserved for you and you only
Look at how it stands tall and mighty; bearing on its trunks the scars of many
Love, I would not lie to you--- I’ve invited others to lay with me here too.
In naiviety and foolish thinking, I’ve trusted them with my secrets.
Only to find out they’ve turned it into axes.

My dear, look at how I nursed it back to health.
In hopes that one day I would share its sweet fruits along with you.

And, if, finally you choose to stay.
I pray that you would have the courage to choose me each and everyday
Not only when things are colorful and beautiful,
Not only when my garden is full of laughter
But even when thorns and bushes ***** your skin
and everything hurts like hell
Please, my love, do not abandon me once again.

For my whole heart is yours and yours for the taking.