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