Pale Flower In Shadow Of You Poem by Linda Marie Van Tassell

I wanted to stay forever awhile,
to be the one he would never let go,
to plant my heart in the curve of his smile
and be the one he was happy to show.
My words and my tears were pleading for more,
but his silence was promising me less.
I gathered my things and unlatched the door.
There was a spine in the back of my dress.
I whispered on wind the dirge of my soul.
I thundered into the ear of the moon,
poured my tears into a bottomless bowl,
and prayed that the end would come for me soon.
A bare branch scribbles your name in the dew.
I am pale flower in shadow of you.