Flowers For You

cutelilcardinal

The red roses I gave you

Still sit in their crystal vase

But now they’re dead, wilted, browned

And they simply take up space

 

The petals have all fallen

Brown and crumpled up

No longer lush and vibrant

The vase is collecting dust

 

I remember that day clearly

It was a sunny afternoon

The breeze was blowing lightly

In the warm month of June

 

You asked me how I was doing

I replied, “The same.”

Followed by pleasant conversations

About life, school, and grades

 

I handed you a bouquet

The flowers a vivid red

Expressed my appreciation

“Thank you,” was all you said

 

All that day and all the night

I could not shake the thought

Of how four months ago

You completely forgot

 

The twenty-sixth of February

You didn’t even call

Tears were shed, despite what was said

Now I feel nothing at all

 

It’s been three months and now I know

Why my heart is crushed

The flowers are no longer vibrant

And their vase is collecting dust

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Comments3

  • Christina8

    Well done! This is a great poem. Well expressed. Love the rhymes.

  • BRIAN & ANGELA

    WELCOME CARDINAL (America's cutest Bird !) Thanks for your first poem ! It is beautifully structured ~ 8 balanced quatrains with a consistent rhyming pattern (xaxa xbxb etc) well done. However the contents is very sad ! S1 & S2 Red Roses lovingly given ~ but left to die ! S3 & S4 You remember the Day & pleasant conversations ! S5 & S6 You give the bouquet and all you get is a grunted "Thank You" (What is wrong with Friends ?) It was a positive token because 4 months previous they had forgot your special day ~ Birthday ? S7 & S8 26th of February ~ not even a call ~ Tears then ~ Now nothing ! The final stanza ~ made me so so sad ~ Three Months ~ Heart crushed ~ Flowers collecting dust ~ such disrespect ~ such bitterness ~ such thoughtlessness ! Thanks for sharing ~ Thinking of you ~ Yours BRIAN (UK) Please check my Poems ~ Thanks B.

  • sidqiehs

    I love this!



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