Love Is Like a Plant

Love is like a flower Delicate and fragile It needs just the right Ingredients to survive Too much attention is like... Too much water You seem desperate And the relationship drowns From desperate attempts at clinginess Too little attention is like... Feeling dehydrated From lack of attention (water) You wonder if they care at all So, you reach out to whatever Water comes your way Your roots grow deeper To survive the pain And you reach out to Whatever you can take a hold of Angry words are like... The sun that scorches and withers The plant and heart Careless thoughts and actions are like... The dog that walks all over And chews up whatever it likes without thought or consequence Crushing the stems and flowers under its clumsy feet Good love is like the Gardner... Who lovingly tends its plant Knowing the rewards will be First prize at the show Knowing that whatever is put in the plant Is received back as a reward in return Good love is also found from the one who knows its value... Knowing it is worth more than the finest gold Or the most precious jewels Many people would.... Give everything they possess And or sell their soul to the devil To have the one they love Love is the most expensive treasure of all And unlike a pirate you cannot steal it But utmost joy to the one who has it And can look upon its Beauty and delicately hold it in its hand To see and smell its preciousness And not crush it Out of a careless heart