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My ribs crack ever so slowly at the pressure upon my chest
My spine aches and my lungs shrink, like every breath is what was

My time came, where the blossom bloomed and I grew into myself
But like all things, it must come to a bittersweet end
Where my heart aches and my stomach churns
And my petals shrivel in the sun to become bug food

I ache and ache and ache until I am almost numb
Where everything is dull and crying no longer relieves
I can't leave things the way they are but I cannot stay
So I writhe in my prolonged end

Sometimes I almost forget it is the end
Just to be unsubtly reminded of the pain I will cause
When my thorns will stab into the skin
Of whoever may pick up my corpse and carry it home

Please gift me to your daughter or wife so I am unforgotten
She may never know my name but I will know hers
I will speak her name despite never speaking to begin with
She gave me a second chance at life