Tokens of Love

"Be like a flower ... gentle, quiet and humble." Quote _ Constance La France Flower with no spoken word You can't tell me what you heard Picked for lovers or dearly departed When love blooms or if broken hearted Flower though I feel your touch Your beauty seen and felt too much Silence is all that I hear Despite the gesture being clear The language that to me you speak Falls on deaf ears or is oblique For my needs are words alone I desire and yearn to be known The humble flower this I know I'd rather just let you grow Watch you turn to face the sun You cannot help my heart be won My quiet and bepetalled friend Your beauty truly knows no end You protect yourself with thorns like me Both with notions that we're free Perhaps we can spend time together The words we crave will find us never Slowly our senses becoming numb Then wither and die when our time is done 2nd place Writing Challenge - B Quotes - Poetry Contest 21st May 2023 Sponsored by: Constance La France