Withering Roses

What I compare roses to...

Withering Roses

Withering roses

They look

Antique

Precious 

and Fragile

In the end

They crumple

And drift away

Drift away in the wind.

But yet

Some despise them

They remind some of dead

Dead love

Because some compare love to roses

And if roses die

Wouldn’t it mean that love dies, too?

But if you look at it this way:

I compare roses to life

Instead of love

And I come to this conclusion:

We wither

Just like roses

We come to look

Antique

Precious

and Fragile

In the end

We crumple

And drift away

Drift away in the wind.

And isn’t that what everybody wants?

To slowly wither

And

When the time is right

Drift away in the wind

Author's Note

What do you compare roses to?

Reviews

[Whitney Kleinhuizen]

Very graceful poem. I love how you gave roses new symbolism to life instead of just love and/or death. Makes you see roses differently. Nice piece!

[Deeper La'jik]

roses and past love. roses and life. Brilliant piece with a lot of insight rooted into this poem.

[Amanda J. S.]

Thank you ^^

[Val Dohren]

Roses are beautiful, can symbolize both human and transcendent love. A lovely poem.

[Amanda J. S.]

Thank you :-)

[Bluefire]

Very beautifully written. I love it and I compare roses to life too.

[Amanda J. S.]

Nice to hear :-) Thank you!

[Bluefire]

No problem

[.]

Roses are love indeed. It's great! A touching poem! 100/100

[Amanda J. S.]

Thank you! :-)

[.]

You're welcome! :D

[Steven Cash]

I compare Rose's to love sometimes


Like u said, I crumpled and fades

[Amanda J. S.]

Glad you liked it :-)

[Ufi Auttorri ~ Amy C. T..]

I compare these particular roses to the old zen marriage blessing, "Grandparents die. Parents die. Children die." The recipient of this particular blessing, it is said, was horrified at its first utterance but later was comforted by it once it was explained. "This is the natural order of things, the natural progression of life." As in your reflection above, "...when the time is right." All good stories come to an end. May you live a long and storied life, dear one. Excellent thoughts and well pen'd.

[Amanda J. S.]

Thank you! :-)
Have I told you that I am very fond of your reviews?

[Ufi Auttorri ~ Amy C. T. Serrat]

Hey, I'm not afraid or embarrassed to give/take hugs in public. :o)

[Amanda J. S.]

Me neither! :3

[Westminster Abbey]

Wow. Beautiful. You should enter this in a contest! 100/100! :)

[Amanda J. S.]

I maybe will... have any suggestions? :-)

(oh, and thank you!)

[Westminster Abbey]

Depends if you want money or not

[Amanda J. S.]

I don't care about money :-)