Flower On The Wall Poem by Ceri Louise Baylis

Left to die you stand alone
Were you placed or were you thrown?
Lay upon a wall not before a cross
Are you there to signify loss?
Petals will wilt will not last much longer
Cut from life not able to become stronger
For you to die is the purpose you were grown
To disintegrate to break down you are prone
One of life's components with an expiry date
Death consuming beauty's one and only fate
You lived in life, living no requirement of breath
For the living there is life then inevitable death.(2016)