The rose


from the ABC set Poetry - The Recollected

Beyond the darkened room
dusk trembles the rose
yet shadows do not shake
the inner bloom
and buds point to the sky
where night will soon
snuff out the sun
to replace it with the moon

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Doeslittle | March 12, 2008 - 18:52

Lovely line - 'night will soon snuff out the sun'.