a bunch of bleeding roses

price was 2 pounds
but it’s love which counts
a bunch of roses i bought
red roses
charming, gleaming with passion

her eyes caught the roses
its beauty was enhanced in those glowing eyes
i saw more of them than i saw her, in her eyes
i was such proud of my roses
the roses that sketched my own love

but she
she took them in her hands
she talked to me, twisting the bunch in her hands
petals came one by one
she found fun in flying them
in the breeze that passed by
a thorn caught her hand
and she looked at me with anger
–she threw them away
my roses–

a stampede of human feet came
crushing the roses into the mud
the petals of love
the petals of love
the fragrance of love
the beauty of love
the silence of love
all diminished into mere dirt
there they lie kissing the earth
wetting it in red blood
____ my heart was in those roses_

skeleton of poetry writing, CMS college, 2000

3 Responses

  1. radha says:

    hey

    how can she do that?

  2. sheeja says:

    …really..very nice…heart touching…..

  3. kris says:

    beautiful…its not very often someone can metaphorically portray the feeling of a crushed heart…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *