Broken Roads

Roads taken for escape 
Of use no more 
Burnt bridges like relics 
Stand a stark reminder 
Nothing is permanent 
Maybe except for woes of time 
Ashes fall like snow 
Blades of grass now grow
 Over paths that were so sure 
Would lead to bliss
Unwind now back in a vicious circle 
With a difference this time 
One stands at the beginning 
One crossed over to the end.
If all things missed 
Could be put in one last kiss 
Why flowers are put on graves 
As symbols of pity and sorrow 
Wither in days, loose color and fragrance 
No headstones needed
Some roses are seeded
 For a singular purpose 
For deaths like these are oft repeated
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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