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[This poem was written in the mid-1960s and first appeared in my chapbook, "The Lady in the Pink Hat," Candor Press, 1969.]

I Am

the last rose
battered and beaten
Bowed for final bequest
weary, and rejected,
I whisper a final request
for one who suffers failure
like me--the struggle for life.

When utter end is strife
the bud grows fat and tight
     on the vine
And the future that waits
     to blossom
is mine.
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Boles Avatar
May 10, 2021 at 10:41 PM
Hopefulness is the set of eyes that will find the shore you can land on. Thumbs up Milton! anselmo
Hankins Avatar
May 11, 2021 at 7:56 AM
Thanks, Anselmo, for your positive encouragement.
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May 10, 2021 at 2:32 PM
Great poem; even the circumstances are different, but those gems are always there waiting for some dust to be released so that they can brighten again. Thanks for sharing, Milton
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May 10, 2021 at 2:49 PM
So true, Lasaad. Thanks for your thoughts.
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