vase with 15 sunflowers

the sunflowers 

you loved the way i hated 

when it nestled between my hair

salient

its scent all too overwhelming

15

the sunflowers

 you would 

pluck the petals

to fifteen 

leaving the flower

only with its pistil

pathetic

the sunflowers

though i hated them

and it seemed like you just loved 

everything that i hate 

except for myself of course

it was one of the few things that 

you loved 

so i carried them 

around wherever I go

ignoring its scent that

was all too overwhelming

15

the way you plucked

all the petals

naked

you indulged all the love i gave you

leaving me

the sunflower

pathetic

with nothing

but an empty heart

AA