A Withered Rose

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As a child, I played without necessity, without care.
I played alone
with nobody there.

As a teenager, I stood like a crane,
tall and straight. I waited alone
and they never came.

As and adult, I worked for my pay.
I worked alone
and they never came.

As life ebbed away from my once youthful body, I sat and waited.
I waited alone
and still,
they never came.

Rosales Kordesii

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