Love Poem: Black Roses
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Written by: Marie Viloria

Black Roses

Symbol of
everlasting love,
a rose
blooming
the bud opens
the red petals unfold

flourishing in the sunlight
dewdrops sparkling
on the grass

Plucked from the garden
doomed

to live the life
of love
and death

The disappearing dewdrops
vanished
in the heat
as your love
deserted me

And when I was alone,
Spring turned to summer.
Summer turned to fall.

Life from the rose
wilted
as you
faded away,
abandoning me.

forgotten.

The crimson flower
turning s...l...o...w...l...y
to black.

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Collaboration with Sofia Shteyngolts