Closed tight and green,
Every day you showered me
With kisses.
You let me feel the warmth
Of your sunshine lips,
Allowed me to
plant my roots
in your steady breath.

You coaxed me,
Warmed me,
Loved me
into blooming.

Still every day you thank me
For showing you my velvet petals
And praise me
For my soft shade of pink.

I could only have bloomed
For you.