I Settled for a Flower

I settled for a flower

Because I did not realize 

That I was a garden

Full of life

Full of Love

I offered you roses and fruit 

Seclusion and quiet

Soft grass to lay your head

Sweet air for you to breathe 

And a moment alone

You offered me nothing 

Instead you brought weeds

Which strangled my roots 

And bugs which clawed at my petals 

Killing my garden

And re-building yours

I started to die

The trees lost their leaves

Petals withered and fell

Beautiful birds had long flown north 

Now there was nothing

I settled for a flower

Which using my soil, destroyed me

And it grew into a mangled canopy of rotting leaves

Blocking the sunlight from ever reaching the ground

The last rays of hope

Now i am a flower

Who will no longer settle for a garden

Because a garden could never love

Something as insignificant as me