Written 17 May 2026 for Actualisation of Affection Poetry Contest sponsored by Ink Empress
two rose bushes stretching side by side exchanged sweet messages at start of the spring of soft shine bloomed at their best by mid of the spell kissed in sweet embrace by close of the season with their shining petals blown by the mild breeze a passionate fervour a hot luxuriant savour on edge of ecstasy with summer scorching sun the sky soon suddenly switched to grey followed by a thunderous rage wild, woeful winds wafting a violent storm of roses not by coming to blows but by exchange of words fiery, howling, vehement as lightning and thunder petals, crimson as old wounds fuchsia like flushed cheeks scarlet, a furious blush rained down, swirling and twirling caught in unseen currents a dizzying carousel of velvet softness each drifting descent a whispered reproach a broken vow on the parched earth the petals lay a riot of colours a sacrifice, a shroud a sad memory of sweet shining days of moments of joy episodes of smiles of delicious ecstasy now turned to pitiful squalor the air thickened with their perfume sweet and cloying once an invitation now a weight pressing down a memory of warmth turned to insistent annoyance I stood dumbfounded drenched in their essence a silent witness to this storm of roses of fragile fiery flame this unwanted, unwished wanton self-destruction wondering how the heart can hold so much grudge so much unfurling how the heat of anger can turn two loving roses to sudden swirling storms.
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