Johnson
who have you become?
a stranger to the eyes
a hope in the mind of the organic suicide
a heart run with grief
a memory lost
of who you were before your time came
insight to knowing you're never going back
a human form is lost forever
hidden under the leaves
the stems rooted to nothing but what was once the palm of your hand
shed into a new being
claim your new name
i'll call you "flower" because no other name can suit you now
shed your clothes
your old skin
your old memory
and hold on to whatever you are now
look back at the life you once lived
and know that inside
deep in your soul
it's gone forever
just let it go
August 8, 2009
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