Rose Petals

The roses are everywhere. They spring between the cracks in the pavement, their petals always unfurling toward the sun, a reminder of our doom.
Janine knows, like everyone else in her town, that the new growth only means that She will come soon- and when She comes, who ever She may be, their souls will go with her. Every Rose has its thorn, after all.
But Janine knows that roses can also be cut. And she plans to chop every stem.