Elissa Dickson in Stockholm

 

GREEN THUMB

What if you just never knew

Your heart is a greenhouse

Outside

Icy hate, shame bruised sleet,

The gathering dark of apathy

Sure, sure

But 

Inside

Just today

A superbloom

A cacophony of

magenta tangerine vermillion

All clamoring for more

The air thick with lavender

And everywhere 

Butterflies busy 

Pollinating just one thing

-Elissa Dickson

This poem is dedicated to 

my mentor @rosemerry.trommer 

who teaches us all everyday 

how love is everything