Pink Satin Roses

He thought pink satin roses held the gold on her hand
Dried all the tears from her eyes
Reminded her of kisses, erased the force of his hand
Made amends, for all of his lies

For years, we all watched the light dying in her eyes
He thought roses put the glow back in
Reminded her of whispers and soft midnight sighs
Brought him forgiveness, and her love again

Completely shattered and bruised, outside and in
She accepted each rose he displayed
Knowing he never knew, the damage carried within
The heart, he had broken and played

Tonight, he brought home pink satin roses once again
The gold band on her hand to save
However, this time, she will not be forgiving his sins
When we place them, on the foot, of her grave

Author's Note

Posted in response to ShameemAkhtar's A Bunch of Flowers

Reviews

[Layla J Omorose]

This poem explains so many people's relationships. There's a selfishness in this poem that portray's a lot of individuals relationships. I agree with Teri B's review. Its sad that she couldn't communicate what was hurting her but it's worse for him because he didn't bother to notice or care what he was doing to hurt her. Another great write Neva. This one is also going on my list of favorites.

[Coyote Poetry]

A sad and beautiful poem. You are amazing. A complete story in so few words in the poem. A lot of people allow the passion and desire to die and wonder later who is to blame. Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote

[ShameemAkhtar]

:)

I am honoured...

You caught the full essence in one powerful masterpiece.

Absolutely breathless. Thank you very much for this marvellous piece of writing that no doubt will touch countless hearts...

:)

[Teri B]

Oh how very sad, both for her AND for him! That she could never tell him what might have made a difference in his behavior. That he never recognized the value of thinking through his actions BEFORE, and so avoiding remorse AFTER. For them, that they never saw how each was engendering and sustaining a killing situation!

There's also, to my mind, a question as to why pink SATIN roses, and not REAL roses? Was his remorse as fake as they, despite its "true" appearance? Of course, fake flowers last forever, almost, while his remorse obviously didn't. These roses he brings her are the color of his feelings of guilt, but nothing more.

Well done!

[Kenneth The Poet]

The rhythm, the rhyme, the message...outstanding!

[SoulCrusader (Yas)]

An outstanding read, another masterpiece :)

[Thea]

I like the description you wrote here, Neva...Made the whole poem interesting to read...I ♥ the first stanza...A totally amazing write... :)))