And the petals fall

A Poem by mikael owusu

decadence and the futility of life

The sower sowed the seed,
And some fell in the thorns.
I've seen the flower that sprung out of it and it had no chance i tell you!
It had a tall stalk like the structure of the fair maidens of Arabia.
The thorns pierced the stalk
And just like a still-born in the hut of a cursed african village,
It had no chance!
It's sepals turned dark
The scarlet petals withered
And the sweet melodious scent
That caused bees to dance to its tunes, turned funky and pungent.
The stalk broke, the sepals flew
The bees delved and the petals fell
The stalk is under seige by wriggly worms and inquisitive termites
The flower dies for it had no chance!

Dedicated to samuel owusu Frimpong.....a brother who's died.

By : owusu f michael