I welcome to my garden

I welcome to my garden

--sunflowers

----weeds


-tomatoes

---their blight


-greens

--cat-pee


-strawberries

----aphids

-mice.



I welcome to my garden

my struggle

as


my beautiful,

miraculous

life.

Had you said yes

-
Had you said yes,
I would have wrapped you
in a blanket of stars
and laid you on the bare moon's chest
so the Night
would see the silhouette
of your sleeping breath.
-

Had you said yes,
I would have S--T_-_--R_-E---C--H-_E---D
your dreams
into a GIANT rainbow
and sewn them to the sky
so birds would fly through
purple, red and yellow
moments of your life.
-

Had you said yes,
I would have slipped
v-e-r-y
..............s..o..f..t..l..y
into your eyes

and swam to the place
where tears begin,
turning each one
into a polka-dot lemon fish!!!!!!
-

Had you said yes,
I would not get to meet
all the other Yes's
that come

s-l-o-w-l-y

(and
only)

after

a

No.

in red

my little life

-
my thoughts dance around
like

w~a~n~d~e~r~i~n~g

~clouds~

draping the moon.

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[S E E N]

then

/unseen/

all the while,
the moon stays bright.

is this what happens in my little life?

and I
will forget
then remember
this night.