The Rose of Hope

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The lovely rose of hope always has it's thorns of doubt

They stab as you try to grab the last one there

The petals fall and all you have left is a stem covered in your blood as you tried to keep a hold

Drop it though and the whole world bleeds along with you

So now you have to put the pain of faith in the rose of hope

But what if the pain is too much?

Do you even try to fight life at all?

Or do you just take the blows with silence as you scream inside?

Will someone come along and nip the head off with their reasoning to turn you away from the garden

My hands bleed

The ground is littered with dismembered flowers by my feet

I still grip at random flowers, praying that what I touch does not become black and die

Where is the rose that will help me survive?

I know I just have to hope that next time I will get it right

So I snatch up another rose

Only to have it stick me cruelly

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