derek's poems

winter

I don't know why

I always cry

In the winter 

I'm the winter

I still don't know

Why flowers don't grow

In the winter

But I'm the winter

I water the soil of my mind

With my tears, and I give it sunlight

I planted the seed so long ago

But still the flowers never want to grow

It's because it's winter in my mind

Everything is dead, and I'm not alright

It's because it hasn't been summertime

Since I was a little kid and fine

I don't want it 

To always be

Sad and cold and dark

Just like me

I want the sun 

To come out

And the saplings 

To sprout

I water the soil of my mind

With my tears, and I give it sunlight

I planted the seed so long ago

But still the flowers never want to grow

It's because it's winter in my mind

Everything is dead, and I'm not alright

It's because it hasn't been summertime

Since I was a little kid and fine

I need a gardener

To put some pesticides

On my mind

Because the bugs

Keep taking big bites

Of my mind

I water the soil of my mind

With my tears, and I give it sunlight

I planted the seed so long ago

But still the flowers never want to grow

It's because it's winter in my mind

Everything is dead, and I'm not alright

It's because it hasn't been summertime

Since I was a little kid and fine

Oh

Why won't the snow

Go

Away

Oh 

Why won't the rain

Stay

Away