she likes the color yellow

our garden

i have sprayed
weed killer on my yard,
so that the pests
can't get to my crops.
I have worked so hard
to keep my garden alive.
no man or woman
can touch my plants.
if you want me—
and I want you—
we can create
a shared garden
in a different space
away from our own
personal gardens.
we can flourish together
while keeping our own
self true.
that way we don't
lose parts of our
herbs and flowers
to the others
like I did with him.
we can share
seeds of ourselves
and plant them with care
in our shared garden
while also tending
to our own soil.
i can show you
my home garden,
and you can show me
yours too,
but don't plant
your seeds in mine.
and if we leave
each other
to make a new garden,
we don't have to
argue about ownership.
the flowers will die
like our love.
but afterwards,
i still have my garden
to fall back on,
and you will have yours.
that way, if we part,
we will have something—
rather than nothing.