Love Poem: Abandoned

Abandoned

Forgotten, I am a wilted weed tucked between the grass,
Forgotten beyond the sunken morass of overgrown green.    

I once felt like the loveliest wildflower 
in your garden, and I blossomed 
in the sunlight of your ardent hours. 
Bright and bold, 
      my sights were gold 
in exhilaration of you. 
Your exuberance, like April rain, 
showered me down to my roots. 
It quenched our soil but never drained. 
Filling the chasm of our expectations, 
I met your enthusiasm with my own 
eagerness, till the earth flooded in emotion, 
and we almost drowned beneath the ocean 
of our desires. The intensity between us 
felt like a tidal wave, 
       and you were washed away,
                         never looking back. 
Now alone, I wonder what might have been. 
As a black sky rises 
with a white moon again, 
I remember the unique beauty of 
our differences, an untamed union 
          that exploded into dust,
                              dying too soon. 
I imagine you tending to 
your spring garden 
in the infancy of love. 
The gentle fragrance of 
night-blooming jasmine mingled 
with soothing lavender returns, 
     and I burn 
               within, 
wishing   I was still 
the blooming wildflower 
held in your skillful hands,
    but I am the forgotten one
                       deserted by love.
 



Written 6/15/20 for The Thesaurus – Abandon or Abandoned Contest
Sponsor – Dear Heart
*Synonyms for abandon used – forgotten, deserted, exuberance, alone