Beautiful in its misery, Andrea - you really know how to cheer me up.
Those last two lines....

Beautiful poem full of emotion and depth.
Especially powerful the last couple of lines

I no longer touch a flower
because I'm too busy watching it pass away.

Those lines bring tears to my eyes they are so sad and so beautifully captured and portrayed. I really love the way your poems take me to such emotional depths Milly x

"I no longer touch a flower because I am too busy watching it pass away". Wow those words really did it. It's almost like being afraid to getting close to someone because we fear losing them. That is so sad but it is a wall around us so we don't get hurt. Very emotional. Take care