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