
Passionate petals
Of nature’s unfurling art –
My inspiration

Passionate petals
Of nature’s unfurling art –
My inspiration
Beauty from youth
Eaten slowly away
Time leaves nothing
Living untouched or
Unfaded, devours all in
Its sight until all that
Remains are memories
Of what once was-
Littering life’s pathway
With faded scents of
A discarded rose

I held onto the rose
Savoring its sweet fragrant scent
I held on after all
The hope I had cherished was spent
I inhaled deeply
Stem firmly pressed against my breast
Seduction as a garment –
Wilted petals strewn across my chest


Soft
Velvet
Petals.
Sweet
Enduring
Fragrance.
Scent
Of a
Rose.

One by one
Rose petals unfurl

Drinking sun
Capturing light
Reflecting beauty

Captured on my walk home.
Because the world needs an orange rose!