Flora and Fauna Send Me Love Letters, by Skye Vaillancourt

Flora and Fauna Send Me Love Letters

She plucks petunias from her pupils,
watches as they graze the hardwood floor.
Dandelion dust clings to her lips
from the last time she made a wish
for rose bud love
to bloom inside the hollow of her cheek,
so I could come to pick them.   Orchids grow in her eyes
as vines hang from my brick wall smile.
Her heart is made of tulip bulbs,
and I can feel them opening
between a rib cage greenhouse.   I walk through her garden,
floral fragrances fondle my nose,
tracing fingertips down my spine;
I see her, sitting in a field of daisies,
singing melodies of heartbreak,
dark geraniums fall from her lips.   I wander to the pond in the corner
of the meadow,
and snatch a Tiger Lily
In red ink,
I write you've got the wrong lyrics
across the petals,
and let it drift on the breeze
into her lap.

poems.one - Skye Vaillancourt

Skye Vaillancourt