Indelible Marks of Love

The caretaker of my dreams:
girdled my hearth
with her warm blanket
over the years
covered my bough
with chiseled rings,
reams of indentured pulp,
fibrous stencils
etched with memories
sealed with love

then with nurturing hands
pruned my searching limbs
opened my tender buds
stitched each seam
with chlorophyll-laced dreams
wove in the silken texture
distinct lines baring
the transcript of our lov

Indelible Marks of Love