The Petals and The Stem
We rested blissfully in a bed of flowers that
Swayed lightly with the early winds, and bowed
Gracefully during the showers that bathed
Their fragile skin, peel back and scent the earth!
/You picked these flowers for me, and let them
Scatter 'cross my lap and my hair, slightly
Pink as Dawn laid in our lungs, exhaling midnight air
/We watched as the petals fell quickly away
Loves me, loves me not, loves me, Loves me not
We didn't listen, I didn't listen, I only heard
The birds in the nest that promised Love
And Love is what I felt, until we stared upon the
Last petal, it seemed wilted, no dew drops adorned
/His hands grasped the stem, he never felt the thorns
But I did, and I watched with sorrow, as
Afternoon winds carried it away, so far away
/Oh, how he looked at me when they were all gone
Oh, how he never looked back when he walked away
Oh, how I should have listened to the flowers
Oh, how I knew I had nothing to make him stay
Now I see the thorns, they pinch me more than him
But I can see myself now, not e'ry petal needs a stem
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,085 |
Words | 206 |
Stanzas | 22 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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