Let yourself run.
Hands touching every petal
And bulb. Fingers glide
Over every petal and bulb.
Inhale.
Let the scent sink
Into your home
Or heart. Whichever.
Strip
Away the expectations
You wear on your skin
Like lotion.
Sink
Into the veins
As they crawl
Up inside.
Exhale.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Back body bosom blossom breast
Covered in dirt
Let it soak
Deep
Inside
Your waters.
Make soil. Become soiled.
Cover yourself in the shade.
Use the breeze as your blanket.
Sleep with the flowers.
Finger their tainted
Bulbs.
Did they tell you?
If you sleep with the flowers,
You become soiled in sin.
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