Flowerless Thorn

Baylee

Why does love have to be

a raging sea

angry stormclouds

or claws raking at your chest?

 

Why do you constantly choose

this wrath

this apathy

when you know

there is someone else

that loves you truly?

 

There has to be.

 

Why can’t love be

not a fool’s paradise,

but paradise for the wise?

Paradise for the weak

and hurting

Paradise for those

who have suffered long enough

 

Why is it

that you always pick

the flowerless thorn

over the thornless flower?

 

  • Author: Nicole Brant (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 9th, 2017 14:17
  • Category: Love
  • Views: 43
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  • Moonflower15

    This gave me chills.

  • Louis Gibbs

    Your poem, a well expressed quest for true love. I enjoyed it, thanks for posting, and may you find that which we all seek, Baylee!

  • Baylee

    Thank you all very much

  • FredPeyer

    Indeed, why pick the "flowerless thorn"? Baylee I really like this poem, especially the part where you ask why love cannot be a "paradise for the wise". Is it maybe because we lose our heads when we fall in love?

    • Baylee

      That is a good possibility. Thank you

    • malubotelho

      Falling in love is as beautiful as it is dangerous. Would be much better if we could just love without falling or being foolish.

    • burning-embers

      Oh that i could give you lessons, but i would fall in love with your beautiful mind. The flower is there to attract the bee but later its petals will fall. Choose that time observe the plant and be a wise Bee by the fall.

    • Nicholas Browning

      We don't grant love, we just wait for someone to accept it.
      Good write.

    • Augustus

      Some guys are just clueless. Nicely done.

      • Baylee

        You speak the truth. This made me smile

      • Baylee

        Thank you everyone

      • Goldfinch60

        Good write. May you find your thornless flower soon.

        • Baylee

          Thank you. I hope to



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