Flower Bud
Flower Bud
Counting calories more than clocks count hours
Shrinking fast like a magician turning themselves into the bud of a rose and waiting waiting waiting to bloom
So painfully unaware of how
So painfully sure by starving the steam
Trying to live off of sun and never allowing roots to drink water
Flower bud sways in the breeze gently
Flower bud sways in the breeze but it hurts
Flower bud sways in the breeze and as it reaches the ground slowly it's sure of only two things death and they want to look skinny in the funeral dress.
Flower buds cannot bloom without water you say to yourself
You force your mind into tricks
Believing with your full heart there's enough to last you if you have only one raindrop
Stuffing raindrops to not get caught
Hoping a farmer will avoiding watering your spot
Crying and watering yourself with salt and tears
Wondering if your tears are enough
How many calories are in one tear drop?
Realizing it's gone so far
Realizing you're half way to the ground
Realizing you don't know how to go back now
And as you look down
All they wish to tell you is more about the reason that you are here
Push you closer to the ground
Flower bud doesn't know why they do this
Knows they'll never bloom this way
Flower buds need water
Flower buds need sun
Flower buds need roots
Flower buds need love
Flower bud can take steps
Baby steps
Careful steps
Find help taking steps
To find their way to bloom.