The Sweet Flower

This poem was written as a metaphor representing how I accepted a lot of what I was given when I was a child, and how the good I once knew wasn't quite so good when I grew up.

I have one flower,

Smelling oh so sweet...

I could live with that scent,

As I have

Every day of my life.

The same scent

Flowing to my face.

Oh, what a sweet, sweet flower....

I enter a garden

And smell many flowers,

Each with their unique scent.

Some smell revolting,

Others ever so luscious.

Beautiful variety.

I come home,

And smell my sweet flower,

Only something's different.

This sweet flower of mine

No longer smells that sweet.

I've been living with this scent

Longer than I can remember.

It smells nice,

But I've smelled better.

Reviews

[Cyrano]

good theme, its starts out real sappy almost too sweet yet ends with a very indifferent tone which i think is awesome b/c it reflects the poem, intentionally or not. though id use other words rather than just sweet, unless you did so purposefully. all in all good job

[Lily Mae]

Like the grass is always greener on the other side so does the flowers fragrance smell better on the other side ;) Nice poem.. :) xx