Potted Plants

[shemthepenman]

The flower in my mother’s kitchen was dyed:
Inside and out.
But it drew cleansing water from clean soil, ----- omitting the definite article really should be considered, I don't think it is here.
And slowly turned pure white.

The woman in my mother’s kitchen is dyed: ----- consider revising the colon.
No longer just the parts of her which were already dead;
Her hair, her nails, and now,
Her heart. ----- i love the word 'heart' it is just a shame it has become cliche in poetry, but here it works because you have offset it with trivial things, ie, 'hair' and 'nails'.

If her soil were clean, if her water were clear,
Maybe, slowly, she’d return.
But now, she sits, in this blasted heath, ----- why 'blasted'??? and why the non-defining relative clause. surely, 'but now she sits, in this blasted heath, soak...' is better.
Soaking up chemicals and bad dreams.