Before they begin planting flowers in you, take a moment to ask if their roots will intertwine with yours through the spiteful winter days, when the world is cloaked in frost and the air bites with a sharp chill. Will they stand by you when the blistering sunshine creeps over your shoulders, relentless and unyielding, testing the strength of your bond?

Inquire if staying is more than just a fleeting action, but a steadfast presence, a verb and a noun, etched in the dictionaries on the shelves of their ribs. Is their touch a promise of constancy, or merely a prelude to change and departure?

Ask them these questions, for your heart is a garden that deserves care and commitment, not a transient playground for those who cannot weather the seasons. 🌻❤️

©️Beatriz Esmer