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One Rose Left
Looking out this window
I see roses on the fence
but they only seem
to make things appear dimmer in the midst
Their petals are falling
because the sun doesn't shine
Their vines no longer crawling
left are only thorns that prick like needles of pine
Petals of brown and grey
drop onto the ground
feeling like open prey
as if their hands are bound
These roses have taken beatings
and seem on the verge of death
But there's one red rose left
Its stem stands strong
and its leaves remain green
and while all of it seems wrong
it also knows there's nothing
that it hasn't seen.
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