Climbing to the Rose

Tue, 03/03/2015 - 00:12 -- E_Jae
Everyday he gave me a different colored rose-
Everyday, every rose I plucked luminous petal after contrasting petal
With old spoken useless words, I destroyed beauty to see if he loved me or not-
 
Everyday he gave me a rose-
To tell you he gave me 721 roses would be an exaggeration
In reality he gave me 1 real rose and 718 pieces of chilled wax-
To tell you the truth he gave me 720 I wouldn't specifically all call roses-
For after about 6 maybe 7 there was no more color of roses-
 
So he gave me all types of flowers-
Everyday after that 7th rose all the types of flowers revealed all types of personalities-
But the thing was after the 719th flower he stopped the images of the new flowers in his mind- 
He gave up on making the stems into equal rows- 
 
On the 720th he instead gave me a 2 leafed clover-
When he handed it to me I grabbed onto one petal and still in his grasp was the other one-
The stem slowly fell and planted a bean stock for a new type of flower-
So you see when we both plucked the clover the luck wasn't there-
 
When we parted-
When we parted it, it came up from the petal alone in my hand- 
This clover singing sinfully soothing sounds of silent spoken songs-
Never had he said he loved me
But, never have I once said I loved he-
 
The leaves were as truthful as the number 16,
He was not the red petal I slowly killed by plucking it from its coursing green-
He was a leaf filled with stems, he was a leaf that was hidden behind many that just happen to fall into my hands-
 
A mistaken coincidence that I was trying to find a rose that told me at first he loved me not, but ended with he will always love you-
That after 1 rose there would be no need for any more.
This poem is about: 
Me

Comments

HY-PHEN

The journey of this story is beautiful. Btw, I love roses.

-HY-PHEN

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