‘Unrequited Rose’ poem by Tree Elven

It was such a sweet and perfect rose,

I thought it would tell you

what everyone knows.

 

It was such a sweet and perfect rose,

(Although encased in plastic),

I thought it portrayed

what measures more drastic

had failed to say.

 

It was such a sweet and perfect rose

That I bought it with barely a thought,

And hurried to knock on your door.

 

It was such a sweet and perfect rose

It never crossed my mind

That anyone could be so unkind

as to tear its soft petals

and grind its brightness into the floor.

 

The petals came down in a crashing fall

As I stood bemused in your darkened hall,

Surrounded by shreds of my secret

(which everyone knows)

And what was left of my

Beautiful,

fragrant

and

perfect rose.

 

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