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Flowers Shall Grow

From our bodies, dead and deceased,
of decaying flesh rotted off bone,
poking through loose lavish soil
flowers sprout and feed from the sun

From the corpse's arm, a reeling ranunculus
reaches toward the sky’s bright star
snaking its roots between marrow and meal
suckling the dew of morning’s break

From the heel, a snapdragon floret
promenades through the skin of carbon feet
folding petals, one over the other
drawing beauty from

From the stomach, a dahlia blossoms
digesting under a tree’s great shade
awaiting their repressed august-time bloom
only to wilt in a thickened frost

From the chest, a celosia blooms
budding across the lung’s final breath
and releasing into the atmosphere
a life, reborn from nature’s death

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023




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Date: 12/25/2023 2:29:00 AM
Your poem vividly captures the cycle of life and death, emphasizing the transformative power of nature. The imagery of flowers emerging from decomposing bodies creates a striking and somewhat unsettling visual, yet it also carries a profound message about the interconnectedness of life and the inevitability of death.. Great use of metaphor and analogy here..
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