You stamped my name in green
On that brittle spine
Little paper garden
In a shelf of time
Ink on my fingertips
Dust on my shoes
I came in with nothing
Walked out with roots
And every page I held
Said stay a while
Pressed between the lines
You made me smile
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Keep it alive
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Bloom in the bind
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I bring the mess
You make it last
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Cardboard boxes stacked
By the back door light
Thyme and old receipts
Sleeping side by side
You turned my restless
Into something grown
A little wild bouquet
In a clay pot home
And every page I held
Said stay a while
Pressed between the lines
You made me smile
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Keep it alive
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Bloom in the bind
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I bring the mess
You make it last
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Trace my history
In the vein and seam
Faded, but still breathing
Like a half-remembered dream
If the wind comes hard
If the dark gets near
Lock the window, love
The whole archive’s here
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Keep it alive
Herbarium Press
Bloom in the bind
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I bring the mess
You make it last
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