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AS PETALS FALL Upon the soil a pile of petals Fallen from the strains of time Once a rose bush rooted well To sanctify a love sublime Petals fell from buds of red As Autumn neared to summer’s end No cold of winter’s breath yet felt Yet no help could heaven lend As petals fell buds bid adieu Day by day did piles grow Higher past each noon gone by Petals feared a fretful snow A rose remembered red once owned My lover and I past in the hall Silence proved its point quite well While me and that plant both feared the fall Sometimes love fades as a plant ‘Tis then when Autumn comes to call Now sit I with senses dulled No longer loved as petals fall © 2008…..free cee!