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Tulip

You do not deserve to know everything about me

I am a yellow tulip amongst red roses

Come closer, you may like what you find

Come closer, you may find that you don't

 

I will not make any promises that I am any good

Although unassuming externally, you may find that

when you sift through my petals,

that when all is said and done,

I am nothing more than an ugly lie

And I will not care

 

I do not live or die for anyone

The Earth is my Mother

The Sun, my Father

I will grow whether you water me or not

My life will be the buzzing of the bees, the rainy days, the occasional bunny nibbling on my fragile leaves

I will die when the ground is tired of my presence

I will wilt because it was meant to be

Not because I was crushed by the unforgiving sole of your shoe

 

Destroy me.

 

 

I will always grow back.

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