I am these flowers

I feel like the flowers 

that glow and bake under a winter sky’s sun 

when i think of time spent with you;

a power

unbeknownst to yourself 

I am these flowers 

fed by light and air and water 

—and though you may be light 

that fuels my mind’s hustle and bustle

and though you may be water 

that flows without having to move a muscle 

and you may even be the air 

that makes my heart leaves that rustle— 

i don’t need you to live 

i know you are a vessel, a magnifying glass to all that is good on Earth

but i am beauty

i am these flowers

that glow and bake 

when i think of time spent with me

and i know what i need to live