Friday, November 3, 2017

Narcissus



My days were, once, filled with flowers.
They occupied many happy hours. 
Poverty caused me to lose interest. 
Take this one time, for instance -

when I bought some bulbs of daffodils, 
with money that should have paid bills,
and, oh in the spring, how I cried - 
when that brutal winter, all bulbs died.

This caused my heart to harden. 
And, to this day, I do not care to garden. 

SH Burum abt. 2003

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