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Open Poetry #48

The Rose

LorienLord
Member

since 2013-02-03

Posts 55
Wisconsin USA

0 posted 2013-02-19 05:32 PM

Pain was unexpected
as I reached to pluck the flower
that beckoned to me
its petals spreading wide
just waiting to take
advantage of my heart.

Rivulets of red
formed a bracelet of pain
that circled my hand and my heart
and the harder I held
the more that it hurt
until I could bear it no more.

Now the wind whistles
through the holes in my soul
all tattered and torn
as it hangs from the thorns
that were hidden from view
by the beauty of the rose.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

1 posted 2013-02-20 03:58 AM

I am very sorry for your pain, but look how the rivulets of blood produced a work of art as perfect as a rose. May your heart heal soon.

Owl

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

2 posted 2013-02-20 11:29 AM

The nice thing about roses is that they bloom again and again. Then there are the hidden thorns of which we must watch out for. Just as in life, nothing good comes without pain.
This is beautifully written

Liz

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2013-02-20 12:56 PM

Lovely poem, Lorien.
Ida

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