Rose Painted

Something or other

If I were a Rose painted black,

would you cast me aside

like blackened, burnt rice?

Would my color tarnish my sweet smell?

If I were a Rose painted black,

would the richness of my ebony petals 

make me unworthy 

of being called

a Rose?

If I were a Rose painted white,

would my ivory petals be worth more than silver?

Would my sweet smell captivate 

a room welcomingly?

If I were just a Rose,

sweet-smelling and vibrant

and your mind was blind...

would my color matter?

Reviews

[ZakLeonRamsey]

I like this, generally because this is nonsense, yet the ideas that have flown into this peace of poetry are good, and I like this. This is good because, it doesn't make sense, yet you put it in a way that still makes it understandable. I quite like this, you say you are mainly a fictional horror writer? Well, this may not be horror, but if this is your standard poem, I think you have mixed abilities, like not only can you write horror ideas, but you can also write other stuff, which is good, because I like people that can do more than one type of thing, like in genres. I can write dark stuff, gruesome, stuff that is not recommend for the faint of heart, for the people who really don't like gore, but I can also write positive things, funny things, clever things, random things, about good things, about bad things. Nice to have a bit of variety isn't it? I think you have a great talent in writing poems, don't you think? Well, I think you should carry on making poetry like this you know? I'm really not going to lie. So, well done, I might read a bit more, if you don't mind? :)