for when your life is falling apart

when your life falls apart
can i fall to pieces beside you?
will we just lay down on the ground
and let the seasons cover us up?
let the fall leaves turn us to mulch
and the winter snow make us invisible.
the weeds will grow over our bodies
from other people's springtime gardens.
and we will live on in the bellies
of sparrows that ate our fruit.
the best flowers will bloom from our chests
in the prettiest colors
and the sweetest flavors.
whole trees will grow from our broken pieces
and they will be the strongest.
so gracefully our limbs would stretch to the heavens
like ballerina hands
reaching out to their partners.
so majestic our trunks would be
like capsules
holding time and rings and beating hearts.
our leaves would be so vibrant
like the spark that lit the fires that burned us up.
people will touch our bark
and they will swear they feel a pulse there.
and no one would ever cut us down.
when we lay on the ground
on what was once soft grass
will you hold my hand?
as our tears flow like rivers
down into our hair
spread out around us
like the petals of a flower,
will you be scared?
when your life falls apart mine will too.
and i'll grow with you from our delicate pieces
into something stronger
but just as beautiful.