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Rated: E · Poetry · Arts · #256943

When you reach the age that the outcome of a rose is so important.

The old man stops
beside the bush,
its buds dipped in ice.
What color will the petals be?
Will they remain enclosed?

A simple thought
so powerful he trembles.
Sadness hushes the moment
he questions his concern.
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