Written 24th July, 2026 for Rhythm and Rubble Poetry Contest sponsored by Kerry Bernatchez
A single white rose— soft-scented still slender— silvered stem slight sway as if silence spoke moonlight— settling slow milky luminous lingering along each smooth swell petal by petal— pale hush pressed into night’s open waiting palm wind— wandering in low woven whisper winter in its breath while the world— wider waning wilting wordless no crimson flare no fierce fraying frill no bright burning insistence— only soft steadfast presence gathered— in stillness one bloom bare but brimming bathed in blue breathing hush breeze— brush bend break away loosening its silence— lingers slow settling softness velvet over skin a vow— voiceless yet held fragile— fine as frost faintly lit never faltering never folding no name no claim no blame no bruise no burden only— this single white rose still soft steadfast
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