"repot" poems
Sometimes
when you repot a plant,
no matter how healthy the new location
it curls up into itself and dies.
Even though there's
just as much water and
just as much sunlight
hell, maybe even more
the plant can't grow anymore.
It's shocked,
it's stressed,
it's already weak.
A move can do a plant good,
but sometimes it's too much, too fast.
Except
Sometimes
when you repot a plant
it does just fine.
It hardly takes notice,
or maybe it thrives
even more.
The plant grows taller
looks brighter
smells sweeter
stretches its roots deep into the soil
and leans into the warm sun on its leaves.
being
somewhere else
is not the same
as being nowhere
at all
just like
being
loved differently
is not the same
as being loved
less
Apr 16, 2013
Apr 16, 2013 at 10:48 PM UTC
We are our favourite flowers
Steeped in a full vase
Seasons pass -
with the dipping water.
We forget / or were not
taught. To add our own flower
food. To cut our own
stems. To cultivate our own
cuttings.
Seek not to be
crisp, divine, distinct
For it is already
apparent.
Be it if you
are fanned, variegated or needled
voluptuous or diffident
fresh or heartfelt
Or just ****** herbaceous
We are own favourites.
We forget that to be in the vase
was a choice
For we can always resettle, reposition, repot,
for the coming season.
Feb 10, 2019
Feb 10, 2019 at 2:39 AM UTC
biarkan saja membekas
kalau memang ia murni; sejati
jangan dipagari
buat apa repot-repot?
"aku yang bunuh", ujarmu
tapi selalu kau cari ia yang bersalah
kau tak pahat tumbuh; tak juga lukis mekar
tanggalkan permainanmu
seolah-olah Tuhan
lupa kah tuan pernah belajar melangkah
saat ibu membawamu ke gurun?
tanpa se-utas pun hak memilih
bahwa taman adalah cita-citamu
— a
Apr 16, 2020
Apr 16, 2020 at 12:03 PM UTC