"Don't send me flowers" - A poem

in #poetry7 years ago

Don’t send me flowers
Delicate things that please the eye
But quickly die
If you must, send them living
Roots planted in life-giving
Earth
For to me
Life is worth
Far more
Than a pretty
Pretty
Pretty
Pointless death


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This is exactly the reason why I don't give flowers. Nice poem!

Thanks, give someone a tree or something instead :)

Nice flower you really got there.
I could send u alive poem if u like.
Kindly upvote