I curled my leaves
and starved myself to the root
to deny the pain of blooming,
to pollute.
and what I found
was that the sun didn’t shine much light
and the flowers didn’t look as bright
and the earth didn’t taste just right
and I learned
that the sun needs me
and the flowers need me
and the earth needs me
to feel and to hurt and to heal
and to grow.
Indigo Tuesday 