Amanda Shelton Poems

When the flowers bloom
without me, my memory
will live on through
their perfumed dreams.
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You watched me grow,
my colors shined like diamonds,
but you forgot about me.
You forgot how fragile I can be,
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Oh dear rose bud,
how you blush in the morning sun.

Dear rose bud,
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I can smell the heat
raising from the stone
above, the earth is warm
but cold underneath the
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Like a rose slowly life
bloomed only to be withered
by the light of the moon.
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Pools and pools of blood
flood from this fleeting
life.
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I am digging a hole,
where my plot will be.
I dig deeper and deeper
into the day unto the
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Like a frozen teardrop
I became water in your
touch and the warmth of
your kiss followed me
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Mother nature opened her
hands to reveal the moon.

All while she bowed to the
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I've fallen so far,
lost myself on the way down.

I flew for a moment before
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