The Art of Taking Care of Flowers - Part 2

//Potted//

Touch the soft petals
Close your eyes
Feel the energy of the plant

Clean the leaves with a magic potion for shine
( Mix in two parts water with one part milk )
Wipe the stem gently with water
Treat the plant like a child on the brink of growth

Give it a sip of water everyday
Without fail
Turn and mix the soil
Feel the damp cold earth in your palms

Put manure near the roots
( Twice monthly )
Fill the water till the brim on these occasions

Tell the flower how well it is growing,
Better yet, give it a nick name,
Tell it you're proud and you love it,
Tell it your secrets, they're very good listeners.

Sniff the amazing scent
Close your eyes
Realise the life you have grown.

//Some actual helpful gardening advice with a dash of poetry. For Part One click here. For Part Three click here. //

Gardening

Extract me

Dig at my skin

Reach my skeleton

Pry me out

Right from the roots

Put me down
Somewhere else

In an alien place

Push me in

Superficially

Like a plant

Pulled out from its garden

And put in a plastic bag with wet mud

Restrict my sunlight

Stop my growth

Don'tletmebreathe

Let me choke 

Poke at the soil around me

Cut me off

Slowly.