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My Withered Black Rose
By Silence
Slowing down everything to a still
So I can spend one last moment
with you
Before you leave my arms, my sweet rose
I see
your painted lips
Silver in the moons gaze
Your eyes shimmering
darkly
My rose of night
I was lost before you
And
now that you're leaving....
I saw the thorns
But took
hold
I offered the blood as a token of love
You were
my everything
My love my sin
I had my faith in you
I stroked your cheek
Drop after drop descending onto your cheek
Streaking along your face
Bars of blood, bars of the flesh
In prayer to hold you a little longer in life
I have
no way to live
Without my Black Rose
The soft petals turned
pale
Never allowed to smell her sweetness again
I sleep
through nightmares of
A soft touch upon my cheek
A loving kiss
If I am lucky I will wake only to cry
Having to lose you
every night
Year after year
It is more than my heart can take
I write every word for you
I intake every breath remembering
you
And with every exhale I smile
No sorrow will be seen
I give an embrace to you on the anniversary
Then lay you down
anew upon the earth
Letting the thorns prick me and blood spill over
the ground
Watch as the rose so young withers and dies
Becoming
your name sake
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© 2006 Silence
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On Tuesday, February 9, 2010, kat phillips
(5)
wrote:
this has so much passion and pain I can relate so much to this, good write
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A former member wrote:
The flow, the striking image it creates, I must say that this turns you inside out for the broken beatuy that the poem portrays
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On Wednesday, February 21, 2007, Sin
(1168) wrote:
you captured and conveyed a sense of longing and sadness...i saw that rose..vibrant and fresh become withered and brittle upon the grave..this was lovely ~kristy
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On Saturday, July 15, 2006, mywristshurt
(408) wrote:
why does everything always have my name in it? it's sweet, but that makes me depressed to think that i just keep bleeding and that i have thorns.. its a good write, but it scares me a little
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On Friday, July 14, 2006, heart broken suicide
(18) wrote:
makes me very sad...
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On Saturday, July 8, 2006, Mahakala
(209) wrote:
ohhhh wow im in awe of this write... as for me i luv my pain and misery, i dont think i can live without it... i've felt/lived with it so long i dont remember who/how i was before i had it... it has become home for me...
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On Saturday, July 8, 2006, Mahakala
(209) wrote:
the sadness the ache of losing a loved one is indescribable...the pain is unbearable...escape is unthinkable...
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On Saturday, July 8, 2006, Mahakala
(209) wrote:
another one i wish i could put on my fav list... great write ♥Kiersten♥
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A former member wrote:
*cries alot* i am so moved by this poem. i cant describe how that touched my heart. i can feel the soft touch of a hand, the blood flowing... so sad.
~allie, the blackest rose
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On Thursday, July 6, 2006, Dissolving Poet
(564) wrote:
This was just sad and beautiful at the same time, my heart is laying at the ground before you so you can crush it into tiny pieces ~nightly
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On Thursday, July 6, 2006, The Shattered Heart
(32) wrote:
Awww, this was just so sad. Damn, makes me feel like I'm there feeling the holding and the blood. Wow. I'm here for you sweetie if you ever need anything ~Love Kat
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