Silent Like a Rose

sorry I haven't posted anything in a while.

I'm a girl with limited friends
Those which I have are at the world's ends
They work to build me up on oak stilts
And try again when you make me wilt
I asked for a shower and got a storm
I asked for different, and got below the norm

Chorus:
We're drowned or we're droughted
Less believed than doubted
There's no perfect, but there's almost
A parasite to an unwilling host
When you say those words you know you're lying
Just one more black rose dying

I'm a red rose bleeding,
You're a black rose dying,
You're a parasite feeding,
I'm the scared host crying

I'm a red rose bleeding,
You're a black rose dying,
I'm the beggar needing,
You're the monster lying

You're the black rose dying,
I'm the red rose bleeding,
You're desperately vying
For the life I'm leading

You're the black rose dying,
I'm the red rose bleeding,
You should be the loser trying!
I should be succeeding!

(Chorus)

The world is a garden,
This coffin our bed,

We flowers don't speak...
So leave your lies unsaid.

~R.

Reviews

[Nate E. Flake (Cösmic ..]

Love the rhyme scheme!

[Shannon]

I loved the last stanza, heart renderingly true, and effortless.

[Jane Doe]

beautiful n away that many grown ups would never get they automatically count it as stupid they never read my poetry either :(
FORGET THEM
ILI(T)
ILY
-ajm

[Bella-Marie]

Very deep dark and powerful. I'd love to hear it as a song. Well done.