ripe like coriander grown in his back yard i grew like your hatred grew for me smooth like alabaster stone you drew me to you and then you pushed me away caged with feathers clipped i loved to sing to you until i knew id never be set free he felt so warm when you had been so cold he felt so warm when you had been so cold dyed by box color my hue muddied by him painting me a shade i didnt know kleptomaniac he took me from my world to see if he could take me at all young like tulip bulbs you left me in the cold and told me i should grow on my own he felt so warm when you had been so cold he felt so warm when you had been so cold warm like sun kissed skin fresh like peppermint kissed by cold i cant remember spring soft like chamomile but you taught me how to feel dependent on nobody but myself