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Bleeding Flower

June 1, 2023
By lillyesmith BRONZE, Emerald Isle, North Carolina
lillyesmith BRONZE, Emerald Isle, North Carolina
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Her Chrysanthemum heart

Frowns upon my balmy chest

Its ivory corolla bitterly tart

Tainted with the ebony art

Of heartbreak’s crest


Her room overcast and blue

She wept in disarray

Her forest stems that once grew

Beneath a love-struck hue

Now uprooted, a grimy gray


Heart’s satin petals withered

Garnet pooling in its core

In the smoky gale, she quivered

Amongst Miseria’s blizzard

She shivered, doused in ruby pour


She cursed her biting tears

And flimsy floral ignorance

Pouring down, crimson smears

Sobs pealing in my ears

Sunk in frigid sorrow’s fragrance


The author's comments:

I wrote this piece in English class for a project on Robert Frost. Now, I'm publishing it for my Creative Writing class.


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