flower market rant

loving you
is dying, slowly.

it’s all the flowers of the world
layering their scents
over each other
until I choke,
my throat swelling,
my ears ringing,
my voice silenced
in a surfeit of you.

it’s an explosion of petals
their colors careening
across the insides of my eyes—
you’ve turned bouquets
into an excuse
to never say you’re sorry.
you’ve turned the world
outside in,
and beauty rubs my vision
like sandpaper.

I hunger for your absence—
for peace,
but you cling to me,
as close as a corsage,
pinned into my skin.
I would bathe in stinging nettles,
would line our bed
with rose thorns and red tinged ivy,
would rub my skin raw,
just to see you bleed with me.

but in your rocky heart,
nothing can grow.

line count: 32
chosen words: flower market/ anger

Prompt for: Jan 25, 2016 ▼

Subject or Theme: Pick one of the following list: carousel, frigate, flower market or library. Then pick one thing from this 2nd list: depression, envy, revenge or anger. Then write about your word in the 2nd list in terms of your choice from the 1st list. In other words, use aspects of your choice from list 1 as a metaphor for the emotion in list 2.


Word(s) to Include: hunger, careen, ring(or any derivatives of these words)
Forbidden Word(s): anger, depression, revenge, envy, emotion, feel.(or any derivatives, compound or hyphenations of these words)
Additional Parameters: Use your word from 1st list in the title. Must be at least 24 lines. Down at the bottom, put your two choice.Rhyming or not. Remember, do not use forbidden words ANYWHERE, including title or title or the brief description.