Free verse for the cactus that talks

It was

a strange strange night

The lights were off

The moon was round 

and luminant

And I sank back 

to the nothingness

of the evening

Distant monologues

with myself

Ruminations of phantoms past

The heaviness overbearing 

and cruel

"Bloom for me will you"

That which you did

in time

And right then 

I knew you understood 

'Twas a burden

shared between us two