Dried
red rose,
the cutting
and sad wilted
reminder of your
cruel broken promise to
respect our love and wait here.
Now death fills up my tattered heart,
as the choking smell of the rose seethes
like a corpse rotting in an unmarked grave.
Misplaced, alone and confused in anger,
I lay upon the freshly tilled dirt,
longing to smell you once again.
Soil and petals slip between
my dry brittle fingers
and mascara runs.
Dead long ago,
my one rose
laid to
rest.
Author notes
Title prompt: Ordinary Rose
"Exemplar"
In a list
A contest entry
- Title Prompts by Zeprina-Jaz.
700 points, ended March 8, 2009, 9 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Almost anything Goes! by NickelleteXninja.
525 points, ended March 30, 2009, 56 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Just beautiful!
Enjoyed this one too,the representation of the rose is a great metaphor of love in this Etheree I am finding it so, at least to me it is.Blessings.D.
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first of all that hs always been one of my faav pics
so good pick
Wow I loved the way the poem was limed
I love everything about it
this was amazing
thank you so much for this entry
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Very touching and skillfully done.
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A brilliant use of a double etheree!! I love the picture and I love the form and above all I love the poem. There's a very powerful message here which is acheived through the innovate language and ideas. A great write!!
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