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Scentless

 

We are in an unending search for affection, faith, and acceptance.

 

And the longer a solo flower remains in denial to its need for another amidst the fields of God, the paler its petals appear, wilting with the unfriendly winds preceding a storm.

 

"You are one insensitive, scentless flower." the wind hisses against the fragile, half-hearted, loose petals..

 

There are days when we refuse the soothing touch of the summer rain, or the persistent, cheerful embrace of the spring breath.

 

We do not need to be loved by Earth's nature, for we lack the capacity to smile back at its unconditional kisses and hushed, sheltering breath. We'd rather not owe it later, because we would be penniless still. We would know not the ways to tend the pitiable, dried out leaves of the trees in the autumn, and we are afraid we would not recognize its weeping frosted limbs in the winter. We would know not the ways to return the favor.

 

We would stare at the shards of love reflected in the mirror of a pond with tears of mangled human emotions slowly freezing in trails on our stained skin. And the vanishing spring would stare back at us with bitter broken tears of widowed gratitude.

 

Author's Note

Comments, reviews, corrections, greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading.

*Image by ~Fallenangels94

*Link: http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=sad+flower#/d1gsj4b

Reviews

[poetic soul]

loved the way you put emotions in very word...some words jus came alive and were dancing on my screen...vivid emotions!!! the best was: bitter broken tears of widowed gratitude!!!

[Cynthia]

The imagery of this poem is nice and I love it really much. I love how you used the nature and put it into this poem, and it really beautiful! Its a very beautiful style of write, and its a deep poem, you had told a great story!

Amazing!

[Janice Ann]

You made me wonder if I was that scentless flower blowing in that horrid storms winds. Your writing is beautiful. Absolutely!

[M O R P H I N E]

This was incredibly deep and very thorough. You write wonderfully.

[Color of the Iris]

Absolutely beautiful... Good work, I loved it all the way! 100

[InkSlinger]

FANTASTIC, perfect, powerful and a delight to read. 100/100

[Coyote Poetry]

A powerful and beautiful poem. I like when nature is used to make a poem stronger and a point more clearer. You told a very good story using the gifts of nature.
"We do not need to be loved by Earth's nature, for we lack the capacity to smile back at its unconditional kisses and hushed, sheltering breath. We'd rather not owe it later, because we would be penniless still. "
A outstanding poem. Thank you.
Coyote

[Mauricio Montoya]

There are lots of things around us we don’t see and some we choose to ignore. I see a lot of insight in this piece. Excellent write.

[An owl on the moon]

What an overwhelming word on our experience... feeling this darkly lit music washing over our solitude and sorrow... This carries such a vivid imagry of life on the edge...

[faryn wolff]

this poem! this is the great beauty and truth of the universe... the imagery, the personification, the so-very-real thoughts that flicker through each word and every mark of punctuation...astounding, my friend.