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Like an Oleander
May 27, 2011
Like an Oleander
Love can be beautiful,
Colorful and wonderful,
Yet to all the wiser
She holds a deadly cipher.
Like an Oleander
Hiding her true self in beauty
Deceiving the naive who knew no better,
Poisoning the lover who sold her sanity
For a beautiful man who loved her never.
Like an Oleander
Love shares the beauties in life
But handled trite will do no better,
For the flower holds a deadly blight,
An inevitable poison with a morbid closure.
© Lauren G., Pompton Plains, NJ
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nikkigonefishin GOLD said...
on Jun. 27 2011 at 11:02 pm
I couldn't help but think of the White Oleander. Have you read it and/or watched it?
