pure white roses

pure white roses

A Poem by Gard25

i once knew a girl
i've still not forgotten her name
she looked just like a painting
her golden hair was her frame

freckles dotted her cheeks
with brown eyes just like a doe
a tiny little thing
hair always in a bow

her smile lit up the room
though there were days that it would shake
she'd pinch her cheeks for that healthy glow
it made happiness easier to fake

she was filled with dreams and ambitions
plans for her perfect life
willing to do anything
despite the obstacles and strife

she may have been seventeen
but she still looked merely ten
she needed the money she told me
she was the one benefiting not them

every night when the house drew quiet
she would sneak out the back door
craved an education
but she was oh so poor

so every night they used her
took everything she had
they loved that she was still so young
told her the laws didn't make it bad

her little savings grew
college wasn't far
she was almost finished
just needed to fill one last jar

but now she was 18
no longer young no longer pure
she was no longer their fantasy
they didn't want her any more

weeks went on like this
only pennies filled the jar
her dream was so close
yet so so far

finally she went out
and bought some pure white roses
when her parents came home from work
the aroma filled their noses

it smelled of rust and blood
the sweet smell of flowers filled the room
and there laid the bloody roses
they were freshly in bloom

she lay in the pile of roses
a thorny stem resting on her knee
the roses were bloody and dirty
just as unpure as she

she looked so perfect lying there
with her pretty throat slit
her doe eyes nicely closed
as if only resting for a bit


© 2021 Gard25


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Added on November 11, 2021
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Gard25
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