Unkempt Garden - Eden

Unkempt Garden
by Eden of @the.autisticats

the soft green of a willow tree tells
the blooming rose to 
burn a brighter red
so i can pick it for my friend because
i love her and 
she doesn’t see how anyone could

thistles tangle in my ribcage after
the screams and cries of the bloodied and
visions of foundational collapse
reach cable television 
the rose wilts because
violence is thirsty and the sun is hot

as my mother tells me it is brave
simply to live 
quiet honeysuckle fills my lungs with sugar and
i can breathe again