Comparing Flowers
Sunlit singular rose
Beautiful bloom of red
Slender stem of green
Thorns are barely known
To clip and contain
Purity and perfection
Fragrance and form
Not a single blemish
An elegant vase to cradle
An antique stand to sit
A mirror to cast the brilliance
An accidental image of…
The reflection holds a truth
Not absolute but of belief
I see the rippled bulky stem
Thorns puncture the beauty
Mold and mildew seep
Disgust and doubt return
Feelings I can not fend
Not a single redemption
An elegant vase to cradle
An antique stand to sit
A wall to catch my shadow
My body does not compare
Copyright July 2005
Gary Pilarchik
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