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Red Rose

May 26, 2012
By Lovejuice GOLD,
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Red, luscious, illuminated with life,
Petals dripping with fragrance,
Thorns sharp and beautiful,
A red rose of repose,
Recalcitrance,
Remorse

Red fades to purple,
Your petals are wilting and heavy with death,
Your fragrance rotten, filled with decay.
Sweet has turned to sour,
Stem to slime,
Life to death.
A red rose dying,
Decaying,
Doomed

© Jami U., W. Hempstead, NY

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There was a rose rotting on my desk.
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Shortblueeyes224 DIAMOND said...
on Sep. 12 2012 at 4:48 pm
Shortblueeyes224 DIAMOND, Auburntown, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
"Are We Happy Plastic People"- Casting Crowns "While we're sung to sleep by philosophies that save the trees and kill the children" - Casting Crowns "It's such a secret place, the land of tears"Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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This is so sad...but beautiful..good work :)