Wilted Rose

Wilted rose

So tarnished by imagination

Exaggerated anger

Preconceived from paranoia

So dangerously gripping

Unwanted sadness

Unappreciated by time

Wasted on the good-hearted

Now drowning in its undertow

Buried secrets

Unearthed in a fury

Silencing all forgiveness

As it breathes the life

Out of what was once

A beautiful flower-