"Flower"

Elise
Ortiz Middle School
Santa Fe County, NM

Elise Ortiz Middle School Santa Fe County, New Mexico "Flower" "Poetry on Their Terms, Winners of The 2013 7GP 7th Grade Poetry Contest" is an event and poetry anthology sponsored by The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP).

I saw a dead flower, in the street the other day
Its withered petals showing wear and tear
Yet its beauty was still very real to me
A beauty that no other could compare

I tried to imagine what it looked like long ago
With elegance and grace it must have stood
I wish its beauty was known to all
To watch its glorious petals flow

The flower stands before me, bending to the ground
I think back to the time it bent toward the sky
Filling me with sadness, as I remember, it will no longer grow

Wishing that its radiance would eternally exist
To stay by my side, and fill me with happiness and warmth

I remember the flower laying before me
Petals and leaves withering, in all directions
It will be forever in my memory, as I also age and wilt

In many years, I start to wither
I remember the flower by the street
And I think, now we may truly be together