You churned the dirt
And planted the seed
From within
You saw her need
Hidden well
Far below
She longed for air
She longed to grow
At first the garden tended well
No worms, no weeds
No petals fell
She sprouted forth
So alive
Blossoms opened
And she thrived
But after time
It all passed
For without air
She’d not last
No food to nourish
Or sun to shine
Planted in a bed
Wasting time
The stem it droops
Her petals dried
The blossoms fall
The flower dies
It’s too late now
To sow the seed
To water, to nourish
To kill the weed
And looking back
Who’s to blame?
The sun, the earth?
Or the lack of rain?
The Tawdry Tales of Tess 
OMG! This is beautiful, haunting, and quite telling. One can’t help wondering more about this lovely flower that was left to die.
Absolutely touching!
I think that every woman has felt like this starving flower at some point in time.
“Who’s to blame?” a very deep question with an even deeper answer 🙂
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Thank you, Gwin. Your words mean a lot to me, friend.
I don’t write poetry much, but every so often the words come to me.
Who’s to blame? Many times the flower takes the blame. And why? I love the quote that says…”when the flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment it which it grows, not the flower”
So true! Sometimes the flower is simply planted in the wrong garden.
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Abso-damn-lutely! “THE WRONG GARDEN!!!”
Someone thought it a good idea to plant our dear flower in a climate that does not suit it!
I thoroughly enjoyed this one Tessa! You really should write more poetry—you are very gifted!
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Awe thank you! I try to write it down when it bubbles up.
I am so glad you liked it.
The good news about gardens…sometimes a kind (and handsome) neighbor will lend a hand, tending to the weeds and watering those dying flowers.
Funny…it brings them right back to life, in the bed they are still planted in. LOL
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Do tell! LOL!!! Maybe you will regale us with a tale about the kindly gardener! LOL!!!
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I may need to kiss and tell….
I will title it, “The Constant Gardener” LOL
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Stop reading my mind! No fair! LOL!!!!!
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Ha! You know we are on the same wavelength!
Did you ever see that movie? That was a strange one…
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Here’s the weird part…I’ve never seen the movie but I remembered the title as I was formulating my previous response LOL!!!
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Honey, don’t even worry about watching…just go to IMDB and read it. That’s all you need. It’s a bit artsy and slow. Has some really violent parts for a British flick. But I like the title…
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Chile, thanks for that heads up! No worries tho because I wasn’t bout to go look for that.
Baby, that ship has sailed! LOL!!!
BTW, I literally cannot watch violent movies; they make me ill.
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This is great!
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Thank you!
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Welcome Tessa! My pleasure
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You two guys are a magnificent accident waiting to happen……I wonder what a collaboration between the two of you would look like?
Never mind me…I’m just daydreaming! LOL!
But I do wonder 🙂
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B, I don’t know about you, but I’m always open to magnificent accidents. Message me if you’re interested. Thanks for the idea, Lady G.
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YIPEEEE! LOL!!!! I love it when a plan comes together!
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sad and lovely write !
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Thank you! It came from a genuine place.
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It felt that way ! 🙂
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This was fantastic, Tess. Maybe not the topic, but, in how fluidly it flowed when read. A couple of times now, I have written pieces either comparing a woman to a flower, or love. How it is important to tend to that garden daily, or else it will wilt away and die. (Not literally of course) I know you dont write poetry much, but when it strikes…my dear…it is beautiful.
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AC,
Thank you for the kind comments. I’ve had this piece mulling around in my head for a while…it needed to come out.
And not everyone will put the time info maintaining their garden. My thought is…Why plant the flower if it will be left to wilt and die?
I truly appreciate your kind words. It means a lot coming from someone who writes such beautiful poetry.❤️
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As always, you pose a question that makes me think…”Why plant the flower if it will be left to wilt and die?”
Again, it brings to mind something I wrote a long time ago about relationships and friendships. It wasnt a poem or a story, it was a conscious stream of thoughts. I talked about how you have to work at them and tend the garden daily in order to make them grow. But, I don’t want to hijack your comment section, lol. So, I will think a bit more and maybe share my thoughts separately. Maybe in my own post?
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Lovely. And it makes me feel like the flower… planted in the wrong garden… not getting enough of anything to survive…
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Thank you, Lovely!
Flowers need the right about of sunlight, water and food. They need to be planted in the right conditions to grow.
And as luck would have it, I have a handsome neighbor with a green thumb. LOL!
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I most definitely do not have a handsome neighbor, green thumb or otherwise! I wish! But I wish a lot of things…
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I think a move is in order! Lol
Literally…my neighbors are old farts.
But there is this gardener I know…
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