Once succulent moment in time
Now withered savory memory it is
The smile behind rosy lips it then showed
Is now bleeding bloody lies
Flower once was blooming to its glory
With supple lips, on soft petals you wrote a story
Dangling on lively green stem
Thorns I could then not see
Floral fragrance then filled the air
Wild excitement dripped from dews
My eves lived the rainbows of love
You wrapped in the silks of pretense
The storm flew by through the dark winds
From bouquet of spring, I picked summer
It lived its short season of victory
And before I could realize, winter had settled in
Once the smiles I’d collected in my jar of memories
Is now broken echoing empty shell
As eyes drip tears my heart remembers
What once was fragrant is now a rotting pictures of you and me
Author notes
Inspired by the following Prompt - ' I can smell it rotting, when it was once fragrant '
In a list
A contest entry
- Up 4 a quickie ( abe 1 ) by Abe 1.
575 points, ended December 1, 2008, 10 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Fab poem sad 2
emotions run wild
thanx 4 yr entry
cheers abe
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Kickass
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what great imagery and metaphores!
a brilliant write!
i love the 2nd and 3rd stanza, mostley because of the emotion yuu have put into it (:
keep up the great work!
i ought to be writting more, but i cant really think atm lol
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you know i have a friend who did that prompt to and both of you did a great job on this, strong and alive are your words, keep it flowing and good luck in the contest
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