All Comments on 'A Rose'

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or used as a put down. but should try to be positive. tk u mlj lv nv

A broken heart can make for wonderful prose but I hope to hear some joy from you soon.

A life time of dreams ~ abandoned like the petals from a faded rose ~ living only now in memory's garden.

To avoid feeling pain

Avoid feeling love

In fact feel nothing at all

That's the life of the living dead.

Sadly demonstrates how the most beautiful and joyful things can't always be preserved, and that often, they fade away and lose their vitality.

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A precis on the ravages of time, and how love flees.

and so it is finely balanced,

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Very deep...and truly lovely!

The level of detail really makes the poem, and the ending is powerful. I especially liked these lines:

Little fragments of beauty

Destroyed and broken

Left to gather dust

Just beautiful.