Petals
You pluck the petals off of a flower
you see them sway from side to side
an endless song plays in the distance
as they place themselves gracefully upon the earth.
You whisper the word love
and no one else can hear
because it's a feeling that's so fragile
and painful to exemplify.
Love a forbiddened word used by your mind
You feel it and think it but never shall it leave your mouth.
For love much like this petal has it time within the breeze
until it falls to the ground ever so gracefully.
slow and steady it would be placed
Bug and animals would crawl right over
stomp on the perfectly fallen four leaf clover.
no luck or faith within the word love.
A silly little flower I have picked up
loves me, loves me not
the petals will still fall.
down will go my heart, brain and all.