Swarthy & 'Fro

Plant: That Wilts

(Poe’Quotes)

Written By Nigh-Jee 

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Synopsis

Sixteen plant-themed sad, poetic, and abstract quotes about family trees, lilies, the mistletoe, and more to read upon a wilted flower—one can only hope that more flowers will grow.

We are Dame’s rocket that crashed on sundew flame lilies in the sulfur cosmos.

Dad is wildfires charring family trees where circles of life bide.

Mom is sea poison trees where alligatorwoods swim to bite crane’s-bills.

You are belladonnas veiling itself as black grapes to taint hungry hearts.

Lust is wolf’s-banes who hunt to trap flies and kill vines to feed them to corpse flowers.

My hair is oak leaves. It’ll spring during summer days but falls in the winter.

Tombs are pencil cactus sketching snapdragon skulls on white paper daisies.

She’s a rose near her dad’s grave. The rain cries for her to help bloom old times.

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