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Roses
March 5, 2019
Roses from afar
Are impeccably exquisite
As they sit perched
On forest-green bushes
Like a woman
Sitting for a portrait
Moving closer, you find
That the roses are guarded
Protected by thorns,
Locking themselves away from you
As if they have experienced pain before
And don't want to know it again
Roses are forced
To be something they aren’t.
Told to conform to a society where
There is no odd one out
Roses are delicate.
Most likely because
They have been broken and fractured before
By hands other than theirs
Roses are like women
Flawless on the outside
Injured on the inside
Until one day they shatter like glass
© Brandon S., LaFollette, TN
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