By sweetness
Date: 2002 Mar 01
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Choking Blossom

A blossom held tight in it's bud
the tension when we met
it opened slowly
with each smile, each touch, each kiss
a petal unfurled
until what we held was immense,
magnificent, richly shaded.
We gorged on the color and spectacle
of our love, and selfishly
we broke it free from it's foundation
so that we could hold it all the time
and in binding together
we choked the growth.
Slowly, from neglect
the rose began to lose it's color
it's vibrance,
and the petals fell
one by one
until the bloom, and we
were done.