ROSES, VIOLETS AND OTHER CLICHÉ

Roses, violets and other clichés

Lights, tables and romantic dishes

Romeo, Juliet and Darcy’s pride

Snow white and even the seven dwarfs

 

Red, blue, colors and love

Me, you and everything us

Men, chivalry and opening doors

Ladies, smiles and waiting for more

 

Roses, violence and spilling blood

Broken fingers and angry boys

A little slap, a little tap

A solemn march past down the morgue

 

Roses, lovers and candlelight

Dancing, laughing and kisses tonight

A love at first sight; a bond so tight

X’s and O’s until we fight

 

Roses, DM’s, date and tango

Pizza, drinks and a golden lambo

Cars for legs, Money for sex

A story for twitter and the rest

 

Roses, sadness and broken hearts

Cheating, nagging and dangerous lies

A different name, a foreign scent

Another stranger in your bed

 

Roses, pain and deadly wishes

Lingering feelings and exes’ leeches

A story to tell, a cycle of Hell

Love is useless, ring the bell

 

Roses and Red wines

Pickup and dead lines

“I can’t sleep until you’re mine’

We know…you know…it is all a lie

 

The tales have said it

The stories have made it

Love is never worth it

Let’s gather and dump it

But what is us, what is the world

Without love…roses, violets and those clichés.

                -Moyo Esther, 2019.

Author's Note

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