I decided you could enter my garden
You could finally have a taste
Turning on the springs to my restricted fountains
The only visitor in a while of the place
Because I believed that you were different
Look at all the sunflowers you gave
I thought how could I deserve your offerings
Watering me with your love spells
But what was usually smooth and pleasant in taste
Only burned now instead
Your fountains were as sweet as they were toxic
Addicting
Plenty
Tonic
You yourself didn’t even know it.
Pulling me in,
pushing me back
You’ve let the vines of your past
grow in
Taking over your garden and started sprawling into mine
Your golden water supply lines were all out of whack
Your gates never wanting to stay open
..Now…
This was now
When I finally decided.

Illustration by: Fatima Seehar
Copyright 2019 Valerie Sanchez