Flowers for You by Natalie Jones I can’t stand to listen to love songs tonight— December, driving toward your face. To think of you so often is often discouraging. Your anatomy drawing me in & separating us. This flower. Stem of thorns; your spine. To think of you in the morning cup of coffee. Lips to the rim. Your eyes at the bottom. The outside light beginning to come inside. Yellow light, stone mug. Trying to learn patience this year: to cry out the sadness, wait out the loneliness. To train my eyes on your gaze. Not flinching when the breeze blows because breezes will blow. They say you shouldn’t look to others to save you but I have always looked to others to save me. Dressed your wrists in flower petals. The love songs are all about heartbreak. We are all about love songs so maybe we are all about heartbreak. Can’t stand to listen to the songs tonight. 12/18/2006 Posted on 12/18/2006 Copyright © 2010 Natalie Jones Return to the Previous Page   pathetic.org Version 7.3.1 May 2004 Terms and Conditions of Use 2 member(s) and 13 visitor(s) online All works Copyright © 2010 their respective authors. Page Generated In 0 Second(s)