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He speaks to me in drizzle-
                         soothing and unexpected
fingers graze against skin, sun flower petals
          fall from his lips and I wonder
if he tastes the sun
Words pour into the air, drowning me in soil
                                               This is where flowers grow-
nails split skin into valleys
                     breath brushes scarred thighs
watch stems intertwine
      collect themselves in clusters
 until flowers bloom beneath his gaze
         Watch my palms bleed red rose petals
                              My hands have waited Winters for you-

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