A much more serious poem of mine. Although its freeform, i'm not sure under what title it would fit under.
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Water softly leaves
The starving soil of grey,
So the rose may drown,
In the suffocation of thirst.
The petals wilt;
Their tenderness at rest,
With their colour replaced
By the desirous sepia.
The thorns still stand
Like the towers of old
In a battle not over,
But a battle that they know is lost.
It's strength evanescing,
The stem bows to the sun;
Fighting the ultimate master,
Who wins all; Claims all.
Capillary roots wither,
Time is up for them,
Beats them like the rest,
A whip that has no mercy.
Death has a scent,
One of untold mystery,
Replacing the aroma
Of sweet sunlight.
Slow and harrowing,
A knife splits the seam,
Of something so curious,
Of beauty believed.