A little yellow flower bloomed
from a tiny green shrub
Its nectar sweet as honey
and beautiful in its symmetry
you walked past in your high heeled boots
oblivious to the beauty that surrounded
crushed the flower on the sidewalk
with your toes
the bees mourned their loss.
Author notes
this is an answer, I guess
Written September 2nd, 2003
A contest entry
- Blossoms by Ms. Trick.
300 points, ended September 7, 2003, 22 entries
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I do love short, simple, meaningful poetry. Great stuff. Poor flower though.
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Love it.
Very pretty. And I'm 'down' with the alternative meaning, even if its not what you thought, I got something......
Beautiful. Pretty flowers.........mmmmm -
Poor blossom. I see what you mean by it having more meaning than it first appears...dammit! Had to change my comment...Darianna x
Edited on Sep 03, 6:28 p.m. because 'cause I decided to change what I wrote.'. -
how kewl is this?
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jumps on it again?
hah.
bees hurt
this is actually quite pretty poem, u better not win. or ull never die! lol
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