Dead Flowers
Your beauty's now fading dark in a cave,
Decaying are the flowers in your vase;
So I have placed new roses by your grave.
Memories wash over wave after wave,
I left you encased in satin and lace;
Your beauty's now fading dark in a cave.
My soul has lost what I hoped it could save,
Inanimate tokens have filled your place;
So I have placed new roses by your grave.
My heart gave to you all it could have gave,
Your life resembled perfection and grace;
Your beauty's now fading dark in a cave.
I willingly let love trap and enslave,
Want not freedom from the bondage, in case;
So I have placed new roses by your grave.
Metaphorically these flowers they've,
Resembled your soft body and warm face;
Your beauty's now fading dark in a cave,
So I have placed new roses by your grave.
Written June 23rd 2016
For the Contest- Villanelle me a Flower or Flowers
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