Loved you so

I have loved all plants,

Even those that I haven’t known.

They fill my entrails,

So it is that I fell for them.

So it is that a belly-filler

May fall into my garden without my knowledge

I don’t hoe it

Mistaking it for a demon.

Dear, I did my weeding,

But I couldn’t shear you off:

I will not mistake you for that.

I have watched weeds bloom,

I gave them time- to observe them

And come to know their behaviour.

You stagnated the growth of my herbs

And I have nothing to burn.

I loved you so.

You took off to the wrong route.

No! You were not wrong:

It was your route.

I wanted to give you time:

Give us time to grow and love.

But you took me for a fool.

I am crestfallen right now