Citrus

by undying blusher   Jul 20, 2005


(This is a piece from one of the first poems I wrote seriously)...

She leads the way to the citrus trees
Orange, lemon, lime
Some sour, some sweet, and some in between
I kneel down to my knees
When I come across the most precious roses I’ve ever seen
I carefully pick a single purple-pink petal off a long stemmed
Mixed color rose beneath me
But two more make their departure and drift down slowly
To the ground
This one is beginning to wither
Its leaves harden
Its fallen petals shrivel
Fading color
Losing vitality
It’s near the end

A silky white rose
Streaked ever so lightly with pink
Its petals are fresh
Its leaves fully green
Pointy little thorns, soft leaves
It has all the vitality it needs
I lean in close, holding back my long chestnut hair
Draining the sweet scent from its core.

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  • 18 years ago

    by Alyssa

    Beautiful imagery

  • 19 years ago

    by Dark Savior

    I don't know if you meant it to be a metaphore or i am just reading too much into it. I think it is amazing and it is definately YOUR BEST PEICE. I can honestly say that without having to lie or do anything about it. If the metaphore is true then this poem is truely outstanding.

    This is definately an amazing peice, i don't think anyone can say anything bad about it.

  • 19 years ago

    by undying blusher

    If it seems a bit rushed...that's because this is only one part from a two page poem that was for my poetry class...it was a poem about poems and there was supposed to be three tiny poems in it...but mine weren't so short so yeah...it's from a super long poem...this is the only part I liked from it.

    Thanks people!

    xxx

  • 19 years ago

    by Josiah Larson

    this poem was well thought out as red tears of the soul said for one of your first poems its pretty darn good!!

    -Josiah

  • 19 years ago

    by Red Tears Of The Soul

    Very descriptive and very well thought out. Love how you used such imagery and it peaked my curosity (or however you spell it... man I can't write today) of how you placed every single word to make it feel like that word belonged in that sentance. Great job ^_^x

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