Sweet Daisy

'Somewhat golden like those afternoons we used to spend.' -Mixtape, Brand New

 

Sweet Daisy

 

The daisy wilts with despair,

Her bright white petals fading.

 

“Why?”

She cries, screaming curses to the sky.

 

“He never hurt anyone!

He was the nicest of butterflies!”

 

For her friend lies broken and crumpled

At her roots.

 

“Hush now, sweet daisy,”

He says as his last beats sound.

 

“Be tall and bright,

For you grow more beautiful as each day passes.”

 

He smiles, closing his eyes,

With her watching all the while.

 

And as his heart stops,

He is not the only one who dies.

 

For the poor daisy has many a day left in her,

And never for one second has she forgotten the butterfly.

 

Old she grows,

With graying petals and a drooping stem.

 

“Finally.

I am finished in this world of death and rain.”

 

She gives up her soul and soars to the sky,

Drifting between the clouds.

 

Sitting upon a bit of white,

Is a butterfly, winged and whole.

 

“There you are, dearest,”

Says he.

 

“I’ve been waiting for you.”

Author's Note

It's just about loss, I guess. There wasnt a whole lot of symbolism :)

Reviews

[Honeypot]

Its a beautiful thought to think of loved ones waiting and never forgotten. I think this was simple and elegant in its telling. Good job.

[-WolfReaper (NERV)]

""He never hurt anyone!
He was the nicest of butterflies!"

For her friend lies broken and crumpled"

:/...
:)

[nostal]

Beautiful and sad.

[Sean]

That was very sad :'( I liked it a lot. I've never read anything like that before.

[Jenny Ge]

Oh my gosh, I love this poem! Maybe I'm feeling a little emotional today, which is weird, but it actually gave me tingles! Okay, so I get tingles a lot, but that's not the point. I usually don't get tingles from reading poems. The lines were soft and had a big impact.
Great job!

[tanker22]

i thought the way you used the daisies to represent loss was genious. i love the imagery and the idea. awesome write, and read at that lol. keep it up

[hershey's kiss]

I reeeeally liked this poem.
It made my gut wrench.
Very beautiful. :]

- hershey's kiss

[StoryTailor]

It's sweet. The size of the words made it a little difficult to read though. But regardless, it was a good poem.