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THE LIFE OF ROSES 
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The pure rose in bud 
it's innocence apparent, 
like a newborns cry 
it's petals drip with dew. 
* 
The awakening rose 
whose beauty unfurls, 
like an adolescent girl 
stirred fromher dreams. 
The insects all seek 
to open itfurther 
and soon 
she will succumb. 
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The buxom rose 
plump and luscious, 
knowing the power 
ofher own allure, 
steeped in aroma 
and drowning in 
it's own essence 
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The mature rose 
Just on the cusp 
ofher gentle decline. 
Beauty completely open, 
yetsad in the knowing, 
that the best is now over. 
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The older rose 
bare, withered and limp, 
All that's left is the hip 
to start the birth anew. 
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WordPlaya, May 2009