Metaphors
There’re only so many ways
to tame an animal or fix a house,
and only so many metaphors
I can grow as descriptors.
Maybe I am water
to your growth, a spike
of stalkless flowers
slowly hardening.
Maybe I am a staff
for your long journey.
Or maybe
you are mine.
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