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This was the poem that inspired me to get more involved with poetry. It was written one and a half years ago, when my grandfather died. The Rafflesia, a parasitic flower, is often nicknamed the corpse flower, it lacks roots, leaves and stems and lives entirely within its unwilling host vine.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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a Rafflesia in my chest,
a name plucked from forgotten roots,
its scent of decay choking me as it blooms.

Underneath, where no soil lives;
you coil, a whisper of discomfort, 
flesh and flower intertwining,
a bond forged in the quiet ache of birth.

First nothing,
then everything.
The air grows heavy,
moldy with memory,
the smell of life rotting,
a cruel reminder of your shape.

You do not bloom like the others;
you erupt violently,
a rupture in the rhythm of me.

Each day, I feel you grow,
a mother's pride and terror,
wrestling in my chest,

I long to tear you free, 
but each time I touch you,
it cuts me deeper.

I stand on the edge of rupture,
like an empty shell housing decay,
your bloom a shadow,
and your unwilling host
held in your grip,
as grief's enduring slave.

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