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The Pressed Rose

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On lonely nights I unravel my rose,
encased in a downy paper towel tomb,
folded between lines of a Bible verse,
vanished from it a sweet floral perfume.
Taking it out from its grave; shy fingers
nimble so not to crumple the petals,
aged a soft brown but ever so lovely.
I attend as my racing heart settles.
Yes, it only ever did beat for you.
Love shared through a dead flower that once grew....
I started out wanting to write a Sonnet. :D I was inspired to do so by another artist on here by their FANTASTIC work:[link] . But....this happened. And that's okay, because I actually liked this so much I didn't want to change it! It had some structure. Every even line rhymes, and the last two as a sort of closer and ten syllables in each, which wasn't hard to do. Once it started out that way, it just flowed.
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Dedicated to my loving boyfriend. And if you know me or you're watching me, then you might know I write about him a lot in my poetry. :XD: He really did give me a rose this last Valentine's Day, though. So sweet. He was even worried I wouldn't like it. I pressed it, but lost it:crying: , and then a few weeks ago, my friend found it, perfect and lovely, resting in a paper towel blanket in a Children's Bible I've never read.
Oh, and excuse the terribleness quality of the picture, it was sent to Facebook from my phone, and saved to my computer from there....a big hastle. But that is a picture of the rose he he gave me sitting on its post beside my bed protecting me when it was still red and green with its last embers of life.
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Other Poetry He Inspired *sigh* (I just wanted to put them here to get critique ya know? So don't judges just cause i write about him a lot. He's just as addicted to me as I am to him.) :
:bulletblack: Lullabies - [link]
:bulletblack: The Willow - [link]
:bulletblack: Ti Amo Alla Luna e Ritorno - [link]
:bulletblack: Pain to Rest - [link]
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tommyboywood's avatar
nice, and nice preview choice