something i'm working on....

darkend magnolias
I want to swallow her darkness,
speak light into her existence
and remove the pain
from her quickened breaths.
place my feet in her tiny shoes,
and trace her footsteps,
BACKWARD.
revising her past
with each heavy thud.
snatch rotten apples
from her peach tree
and replace them with
cherry blossoms.
I want to sniff the gardenia
in her thoughts
and watch
her leave,
falling head over heels,
in greens,
browns,
and goals
in the fall of her life.