What was it like, dear?
That night we were both here
Sunset fading
Dim light on the dirt
When you reached down
And you pulled me up from the Earth
I was the last here
Fading pink among green
I never expected
Someone would take pity
On me
I was wilted
When you found me
But you took me home anyway
Something I can never
Expect to repay
Your hands gentle
Scooping into the dirt
Brown under fingernails
A glow of kindness
On your face
My new home
In front of a window
So I can look out
Towards the dense forest
Where I was once
Withering
Fading
Dying
Here with my window
Here with you
I can grow
I can blossom
I can heal
Knowing you will be here for me
To make sure I never fade
The way I used to
Every day, every week
New family comes through the door
In your hands
Brown with the dirt
Orange, white, yellow, red
To join me
Looking out onto the world
They come through the door
Looking far brighter
Than I was when I arrived
It makes me feel
Special
Like I was an exception
To some unwritten rule
Do they feel that too?
Sitting next to me
At our window
Still
I will not ask
Why you came for me
When I was hopeless
Just know that I think
Of that night
Every night
When the moon shines
In the same way
It did for us
Sarina Vail 