Hanahaki

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I swallowed my mouthful of flowers

Roses and thorns in my throat

Vines growing up through my ribcage

Breathing is so difficult


Why is it easy to love you

Yet it's so hard when you leave?

Every petal a nightmare

These buds that won't bloom choke me


Breathe. My lungs are too crowded I can't 

Breathe.  The bittersweet smell 

Overwhelming. I can feel a red flower

Blooming.


Coughing. As though a sickness has engulfed

Me. I choke back the love that you won't

See. My hope wilted but they kept 

Growing. And

Growing.

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