You’re rooted so deeply inside me

There are sunflowers growing out of my aorta

Seeds bleeding into my lungs

Where skin breaks open poppies sprout up

I am my own garden

Oak trees grow from my scalp

And hummingbirds fly from my ears

It's beautiful and awe inspiring

But I can't live with all this life coming from my skin

The budding flowers in my lungs are suffocating

And my heart doesn't pump quite right

My hair is jagged and knotted around tree stumps

And I cannot hear anything but hummingbird wings

This garden is swallowing me

And I don't know what will be left of my soul

When the flowers take root