There was once a plant in my room.
He looked like a Gerald, so that's the name I gave him.
Gerald was a naturally mopey little green guy and I really tried to help.
I tried to give him all he needed;
I played my music to him real soft, I gave him the right amount of water, and I'd move him into the sunlight every now and again.
Gerald's beautiful limbs fell limply to his sides though. Always.
I picked him up once, hugged his home and where his roots lay buried.
There were broken pieces of him scattered around me.
Brittle brittle.
Father would slip into my room in the midst of my absences
Feed and care for baby Gerald.
I wouldn't know this until much later, of course,
Because by then I had given up on Gerald thinking to myself:
"Why is there so much love inside me if I can't even give it away properly?".
I did not notice the new glow on his skin.
Nor did I notice that his posture had changed from melancholic to quenched.
Finally Gerald was taken from me.
I could not care for him right, I was told.
He was immune to the kind of love I was giving.
It was destroying him, and I wasn't human enough.
End the suffering and let him feel incredible..I wasn't human enough.
So still spilling tears, I allowed him the escape.
His radiance reaches me still.
It's the only thing which allows me to smile.
He looked like a Gerald, so that's the name I gave him.
Gerald was a naturally mopey little green guy and I really tried to help.
I tried to give him all he needed;
I played my music to him real soft, I gave him the right amount of water, and I'd move him into the sunlight every now and again.
Gerald's beautiful limbs fell limply to his sides though. Always.
I picked him up once, hugged his home and where his roots lay buried.
There were broken pieces of him scattered around me.
Brittle brittle.
Father would slip into my room in the midst of my absences
Feed and care for baby Gerald.
I wouldn't know this until much later, of course,
Because by then I had given up on Gerald thinking to myself:
"Why is there so much love inside me if I can't even give it away properly?".
I did not notice the new glow on his skin.
Nor did I notice that his posture had changed from melancholic to quenched.
Finally Gerald was taken from me.
I could not care for him right, I was told.
He was immune to the kind of love I was giving.
It was destroying him, and I wasn't human enough.
End the suffering and let him feel incredible..I wasn't human enough.
So still spilling tears, I allowed him the escape.
His radiance reaches me still.
It's the only thing which allows me to smile.
2 comments:
Dear Nikki,
Hi, how have you been? I miss you.
It feels like such a long time!
Nikki, I read what you wrote, and I don't like it one bit! Sure, it's very beautiful, but you scream sadness. and this is what I don't like. Although you are correct in being sad I'm sure. What you are thinking about doing is very wrong, Nikki. You shouldn't let anyone you love get away because of such silly things. The love you radiate is enough to power every country in the world, and still give everylivingthing on this earth a slight dizziness.
Nikki, it is very important that you understand that I was not taken from you. The love you said to be destroying me was actually doing the opposite. It helped me survive to the point that I did, and I appreciate it more than you could ever know.
Finally, my Nikki, please, do not spill tears on my account, it was all the tears in the first place that caused me to dry up and my leaves to fall. So you can imagine what it makes me feel like when you're crying because of me. And please remember that I am merely a simple plant, but I love you with all of my chlorophyll heart. And that is what counts.
Your Gerald.
<3
I'm really just here to say hello. :)
-Travis
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