The Rose Decays And Withers

 

Ruined piers that disturb the water

Pointing fingers upwards go

Darkened shadows sure to linger

Again afraid of what I know

Quiet convenience stores burn brightly

Pathways lit in yellow glare

Empty streets and distant siren

Humid coolness that is in the air

Bugs they are now chirping, creaking

Harleys in distance with thunder roar

Empty ghosts that call out at each corner

Leaving me needing, wanting more

Their faces now are thin and drawn

Their smiles now bleak, stained, and toothless

Their tongues they wag with honest virtue

Their words well-meant, but are truthless

And I sit here, apathetic

Cast now with doubt and scorn and fear

Do I cry out? No-one would listen

No brightness now resides here

The streets they linger with memory

Their sidewalk stains are the story

The tales they tell of fear and doubt

And pain and tears and death and worry

 

My heart it grows so now restless

All the words cannot partake

The saddened truth that there resides now

That this might have been a big mistake

The rose decays, it does now wither

No longer to bloom, now in the past

These memories of despair now resound

And now I know that it will last

That all I have seen and is before me

It shall go on just as before

 

My future awaits within The Garden

The days are endless, long and dark now

Now I impatiently wait among The Roses

I will make it out of here somehow

Reviews

[Adam Jordan Turner]

This piece is exceptional! I love your word choice, use of language, very nice imagery and very interesting sense of acceptance in this piece. I have to tell you it is actually a little close to home I would say. I just moved home from NY, and I have to tell you, your poem is dead on about the way I felt before I left NY. Haha, very nice!

[lady o]

Wonderful writing to be sure~

[DaniElle LaPointe]

You bring up streets and paths... more than once in this piece. Perhaps you are noting it on purpose... But I like to assume that you have made your choice of routes and are aptly where you should be... I can see that your piece has reach because the comments coming in are very diverse... Great post! Thank you fro sharing.

This is so sad! I loved your flow though. I thought the last stanza really had a punch! Great write!

[Lady Alyria]

This poem was well written, there seems to be purpose to the words used and the stanzas (opposed to hitting enter every few words or so) and I was very touched by it. Good job.

[Kris Tate]

So sad, so awfully sad. A great write. The imagery is fantastic, as I read I can see. It makes me want cry and shout all at the same time. This is a work of true talent. I really love this one.

[Sarah]

I absolutely loved the description in the first stanza. It was AMAZING & some of the best I've ever read. Great job with this!!!