Plants

How easy was it sir?

To let it go 

How easy was it? 

To forget the wild flowers in her eyes

That gave your stormy wind shelter?

To quickly change pace 

Nothing but indifference 

To take something of beauty 

Of love 

For granted, sir

Is the greatest err of all

What may seem so simple to you now

Her absence 

Will haunt your nights, Sir

For when the dawn seems far away 

You'll remember the way her hands 

Caressed your head when it ached 

The smell of her hair 

And the sound of her voice 

Singing in the corridors 

Moving your soul 

Waking it up 

How easy was it? 

To lock the door and forget to water the plants? 

It may take months for them to grow

But it only takes a few days to die

You must have noticed it sir? 

The wrinkles on her face, 

The death of color in her eyes

You must have noticed sir?

How swiftly the fragility in her gait 

That once made you swoon 

Looked tiresome 

You must have noticed sir?

The heaviness in her morning voice 

That lingered far too longer than the mornings did

Or was that easy to unsee too sir?

How is it, 

That the ones who nurture us

Are the easiest to forget?

The mothers 

The sisters 

The lovers 

How easy was it ? 

To watch the light in them

Slowly fade away