Secrets of a Daisy

I kept you here in my heart of hearts

I kept you here in the womb of my soul

I kept you here until it was time

I kept you here until I knew

And you were sown

In a soil well prepared

By the tender rain of sentiment

A bittersweet parting

And you grew strong

I tended you as your Shepard

I grew as you grew

I watered you my hopes

I fed you my dreams

You took root in my soul.

I shone when you shone

In the light brought of selflessness

I bent when you bent

In winds of doubt

And you grew strong

I abated the pests and lies that came for you

I kept them from your growing stalks

I abated the plunderers that came to suck you dry

I kept them from your bloom

And you grew strong

I kept you alive as your roots were torn

I kept you alive as the strings to my heart twisted

I kept you breathing as my breath grew shallow

And then all that remained was your shadow

And nothing remained but a phantom scent

And nothing remained but cold

And here I weep

The solitude grows weak as anew

A seed grows again in the womb of my soul

And the bud of trust lives on