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Blue Tulips

Blue tulips, it's delightful to have something new. 
Told me you found them naturally by a lake.
I had a smile on my face as my yellow tulips were replaced,
I waved those sagging petals goodbye.

They were vibrant, electric,
I displayed them in a vase. 
Helped water them,
they grew at a fast pace.

Before, I found beauty in my wilted yellow flowers,
I didn't need anything else to admire.
But then I noticed how similar their blue was to the color of hot stars,
Their presence became something I craved.

So I took care of them for days,
enjoying the air they made.
They flourished, you said we couldn't tell anyone,
they would accuse us, thinking we created something fake.

But the stems never broke, and not a single petal was rough.
Every single cell was real; it did seem too good to be true.
At one point, I, too, began to question the flower's authenticity
so I gave one silky surface a touch.

it stained my fingertips; turned them blue.
It looked like frostbite.
you said: 
"It's such a pretty color on you."

It was beautiful at first, the pattern on my skin,
But then it started getting on my curtains, in my hair
warm water and soap wouldn't get it off my fingers, the dye
You told me it would just linger.

I noticed the color seep into the stem, and they began lean and bend. 
None was on you; it was just 
the flowers, and I
drowning in your blue.

then

i found the green and purple ink
you mixed them, 
greed and desire, you forgot to hide them
left them by the sink.

I had no clue
The care you expressed, 
Everything you said,
I was foolish to believe that any part of this was true.

you knew.

I let you turn my yellow tulips blue.
You made them droop.
i never should've trusted you.

analogybeautystarfree verse

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