" the rose petals "

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" I stand like a flower who's dead,

petals shriveled and edges curled. 

Like the red blood that runs in the veins,

my petals now broken were red again.

The agony that struck like a powerful wave

stood like white snow on my petals-

covering me in it.

You had gold in your veins and 

thorns on your stems , yet I stood here

shivering in the frost bare of anything. 

Like the cold dew that made no difference

your melanin like crisp words made no change -

i still stood a rose , and always had been "

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