Roses

by Jessie   Oct 26, 2011


A dozen roses arrived at a doorstep today
attached was a small, handwritten note.
A young woman found the bouquet,
with delicate hands, she opened the envelope.

"I have sent a dozen roses, two of each colour,
they mean more than my words alone.
Let's start with the pinks, as gentle as you,
Begging you to believe me, forget what you know.

Next are the yellows, as bright as your smile,
Which take us to the beginning, at our friendship.
and take a look at the corals, as blue as your eyes,
symbolizing the burning desire to touch your lips.

These red roses, they say that I love you,
I said it, and I mean it, you have my heart.
These lavender roses, that smell sweet like you,
first glance. I've loved you from the start.

If you are reading this, believe these white roses,
they cry upon my soul that I apologize."
"Please accept my apology," was all he said
as he walked out of the dark with tears in his eyes.

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  • 13 years ago

    by A lonely soul

    I have to say, I never never read a poem that tells the significance of each rose color so well. Great write

  • 13 years ago

    by dollwithafrown

    Ah, this was lovely.

    "Let's start with the pinks, as gentle as you," -- I really loved this line. The colour pink in general has a soft, baby theme to it; it's girly, pretty and innocent, which appear to all be descriptions of the person being described.

    "they cry upon my soul that I apologies." -- This is a lovely description; there's something so strong about the wording of "cry upon my soul". However, I think it should be "apologise" instead of "apologies", as the latter means more than one apology, as in: "..he offered up his apologies."

    "Please accept my apology." was all he said -- here it should also be a comma after 'apology' not a full stop.

    It was a very lovely poem, I enjoyed the read. :)

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