Hope Words

You planted seeds

At the tender

Roots of me

Dark ones meant to grow

And spread through 

To choke my soul

You tended 

The delicate buds 

Of doubt 

Nurtured nothing 

So much as these seeds

Meant to break

Me

With ease

You crept quiet

outside the room 

you kept me locked in 

Locked in

Everywhere 

Except your heart

It was hard, 

Cold

So much so 

That your ice

Ran through 

My own

And I don't remember

Or maybe 

I never

Knew how to love myself

Cause you 

Never taught me how

Never let me be 

More than I am

Right now

You sit somewhere

Somehow

Living with yourself

You planted seeds

Meant to break me

For taking the life

You thought

You deserved

You thought I would hurt

And look to you 

For hope

But no

I have survived 

Without you

Despite you

I'd like to 

Think

That I did this 

Alone

But I have never been

That strong

My strength 

Came from her 

A new 

Perfect part of me

She

Gives me chances 

Everyday

To be better 

Than you thought I was

To be more for her

Then you ever were

For me 

The 

Seeds

Took root

It's true

But you have not survived

And I 

Let these limbs 

Branch far from things

You left behind

And though

You tried,

Though roots may be weak

They haven't died

Her sun 

Has helped me grow

And I am more

Than you 

Will ever have the chance

To know

And I 

Have planted at her roots 

My hope