Regret

I plucked 
a 
wildflower 
today
because 
I thought 
it 
was 
beautiful.  
But, 

I  
crushed 
it.


Is that
appreciation?

The formatting of this poem imitates Nayyirah Waheed’s work. I don’t know if she has a name for the unique format in which she writes most of her poems, so I just called it Free Form . She is an incredible poet and I wrote this poem while I was on a walk the day I finished reading her book Salt.

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I plucked 
a 
wildflower 
today
because 
I thought 
it 
was 
beautiful.  
But, 

I  
crushed 
it.


Did 
I  
appreciate 
it's 
beauty?