My Darling

By Cesar Toscano

(After Donika Kelly)

I am the first offspring of a dandelion and a lavender

When I was born, there were

 visions seeped inside of me

Two fields

One of sunshine and maple and the

other a

field of that will one day host a pair of floral

cadavers

Darling,

Do you remember your stem growing through your bones?

I do, I wanted to be real,       so real

A real plant, a real living—

beaming from the glorious sun

That’s what the seeds of my father and mother would like

My Dandelion Father titans over grazing grass

and my Lavender Mother speaks in lovely aromas

I wish to be a seedling deserving of the water I was given

I wish to feed myself, to dine on Helios' shining cattle

I will become a full flower, 

seeped in memories of their love

Like this until

Eventually,

( Hand by Hand)

( Water by Water)

I will grow vines so long I can catch the sun  in my hands