Open Poetry #12 |
Yesterday's Beauty |
Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
My clippers snipped on ruthlessly, As if they were on their own. I pondered on the sweet, short life, This doomed deadhead had known. Yesterday's blossom must step aside, For one now in the womb. She had held her head so proudly, As she offered her lovely bloom. While in the bud she'd dreamed of how, Her beauty would startle the world. The bee and the butterfly were there, As her fullness she unfurled. They were her only admirers As she shone and primped and preened. These charlatans come to sip from her, Her moment of glory demeaned. Regretting the loveliness I'd missed, I held her for awhile, Then dropped her very carelessly, Into the swelling refuse pile. So it is with all of us it seems. We're given one shining hour In which to activate our dreams And show the world our power. That moment missed our chance is gone. We're on our downward way. Nobody listens as we shout, "You should have seen me yesterday." by: Joyce 7/15/2000 |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
A walk down memory lane...yesterday was such a short time ago..and it seems like forever.. well done! |
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Rex Allen McCoy Member Elite
since 2000-01-30
Posts 2863Sippin a Timmy's in London |
I love a nice lighthearted poem like this nicely done |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
A garden is such a satisfying place to be, even when trimming dead blossoms! Betty Lou Hebert |
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