It started with a seed A little seed you gave to me It was so small, so round in my hand I could have never expected it to end We planted it together You and I We watched it grow And we planted more in rows You smiled And I didn’t Your hands were full of hope While, the darkness in me, I tried to cope We sat together You and I Upon the swingset you built me Where we could hold hands and watch the bees The seeds began to grown They began to cluster, to ravage the land I was scared at first, but you were not You were to live forever, I thought But now the rose bush is plentiful And I sit alone The thorns prick my fingers And the bees brandish their stingers Nothing’s the same without you All the hope that was wary of me Has finally left me alone And now I’m staring, holding hands with your bones I smile You don’t The roses were full of hopelessness The bees fly in darkness

I kept a rose bush Over the hope I meet you soon Darkness met your tomb as I close your box I drop a rose and it’s stain with dirt My tears flow and water the dry dirt Oh, if I could carve you off that dirt I kept a rose bush So I lean in and smell it when it blooms I care about it when ride the street we fight through I cry over the times I met your soul My God knows I still think of you on earth If I could see you once more, it could pain me more Your screaming made my ears hurt Our feelings make our minds broke Oh, but I hate you see you walk out that door I kneel besides you I hear your lungs full They will get empty soon It pains me knowing this is the last time God knows why he did it this time Oh, go, for the life goes, I still have a life

In the quiet garden of memory, where shadows embrace the light, A rose blooms in solitude, its petals soft and bright. It stands amid the darkness, a symbol of our love, A whisper of the beauty that now soars above. Hope was the gift you gave me, in every tender word, A promise like the morning, when the first sweet chirps are heard. You were the gentle sunrise, that chased away my night, A beacon through the shadows, my everlasting light. But now the garden's silent, the rose bows down its head, For darkness fell upon us, the day that you were led, To realms beyond the sunset, where souls find peace and rest, Leaving me in the twilight, with longing in my chest. Yet still, I feel you near me, in every breath of air, In every star that twinkles, in moments of despair. And in the wreckage of my heart, a fire ignites brand new. A love that burns eternal, a flame I found in you. So rest now, my beloved, in the cradle of the skies, Your spirit like the rose, in endless bloom it lies. And I'll hold fast to Hope, as I walk through the dark, For you are with me always, the light within my heart.

Darkness fills my eyes Hoping to see you again Roses on the tomb Tessa🦋

Oh, that I could have but one night free of nightmares, But alas, I believe my heart to have surrendered hope, My soul to have been tainted by the shadows of despair. For I have lost a friend. Ever the brave soldier, You were not afraid of the darkness. Fitting to fate's affinity for irony, As it is now I that endures the depths of gloom Faced with but one truth that will outlast us all That whatever we do, We cannot prevent everything from falling apart How I would ask for your strength now, Be it that you were still here. Well I know this If I was there with you when the sky fell Watching as the debris rose in clouds Making its rapid march towards us You would say to me with a smile "The sky today is immaculately blue - Beautiful weather for an air raid"

There will come a day When they’re not so young and free They will be old and decayed Bound by chains of death, you see But for now let them play With one another Because soon it won’t be that way They’ll be without each other Teach them to hold onto the hope Because overtime it will fade Teach them to hold on to that rope Because soon it will be frayed Let them live, love, laugh Let them catch their breath Don’t tell them it’s a trap That they’ll be caught by chains of death Even though I am now here You must not be afraid You must not summon fear For I am going to stay There’s nothing you can do to stop me No more hopefulness inside I’m like a bird - once caged, now free I will catch you, there is nowhere for you to hide For I am living Death Now have one last smile Have one last breath Because, little child I am living Death

I wake up one day with no memory to be found I look down and see blood all around All I can do is hope for the best But as I look around its just emptiness, And darkness and I start to get stressed As I walk around trying to escape. I end up in the same place I recognize a familiar face He is holding a rose, a red rose for that matter But as I get closer it would start to glow But it's not just an ordinary glow bright and white as snow I start walking closer trying to see his face And all I can think about is “is that chase?”

I was your hope but I let you down No remorse as they laid you down So much more I could have done My Lord knows I should have done The answers escape me once again Overwhelmed by indecision once again I rose today expecting change I sleep tonight expecting change Will I wake the man they hoped for Or with the peace I always hoped for Leaving the darkness behind me Never again looking behind me Redemption can’t be earned, just accepted This life was given to me, I just accepted

Pink fabric enrobed Blue lines pages Marked with a rose colored satin ribbon Yellow legal pads Erupting with tight cursive arcs Of the characters in her head Brown skinned girl bent over a book Sheltered in her closet Escaping into technicolor worlds To world building in shades of her own Hope rose from darkness But Little girls grow up Big dreams overshadowed, left fallow Buried Beneath obligations and a sink of dirty dishes Bright roots awaken Cardinal clad Gray lined pages Bursting within a tight elastic band From darkness, hope rose

When hope was all gone For a miracle cure The darkness descended And enveloped my world. Your battle was over You fought ever so valiantly But to live a long life Was not your destiny. I withered away In your absence I sank Deeper into grief And completely lost myself. Into a cavernous hole I fell all alone with the pain My limbs unwilling, unable To claw my way out. I stayed for a while Hiding away from the world As well meaning friends Offered empty platitudes. But slowly the rawness Faded a bit and I found That although it still hurt I could finally stand. I pulled myself up And took the first step Towards the healing I so desperately needed. Painstakingly slow I repaired my broken soul Like a phoenix that rose From the ashes to fly.