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All the Pretty Roses
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1. Blameless Ennui
Once upon a time
In a modern day scene
There lived an unwed mother
Who was no more than eighteen
She wasn’t pregnant by choice
The poor rose wasn’t planned
All the hard pressure
She couldn’t stand
Then a man came
And offered a plan
She jumped at the help
And the end slowly began
First he acted as a dad
But that didn’t last
It was a phase
That passed
A lil rose
With his mom
Alone and so afraid
Then they met Mr.Tom
They had another rose
But he beat her often
Until today no one knows
Birth certificate is blank
Father’s name not given
The pain he gave her
Never was forgiven
Yet she went back
And he took her in
She was so vulnerable
And let the abuse begin
They had another rose
One younger brother
Three little roses
And their mother
One more rose
With mister Tom
Then they divorced
And things were calm
But I’m not finished
This isn’t over yet
More pain comes
A life to offset
The little sister
Her fragile heart
The poor little rose
And she had to depart
Everyone felt sorry
But no one knew
How mom felt
Her view
She cried
Alone again
The life shredded
A future was slain
Then she met
Another man
That’s how
They began
The rose's death
Brought on the pain
The tears kept falling
Coming like the rain
They brought roses
Showing sympathy
She saw them
Their empathy
But roses all die
Like the last rose
She knew all this
No on else knows
She hated roses
He brought candy
A tradition now
Quite handy
Her life
Was in layers
The same situations
Just different players
Like the rose petals
Mostly the same
Looking alike
In love’s game
Now she is fine
Her roses have all grown
One day they'll all have
Lil roses of their own
The journey’s over
Her story closes
She will remember
All the pretty roses
interesting piece
Have you shown this one to your mother? I'm sure she would agree, it's from her heart to your hand...
another good poem well done
Often parents just what better for the children then they had in life. No one can fault them for that. But in memory of them we can lead out lives the best we can and trust that all will come out in the end
darr