I Found A Rose

I found a rose

between a rose bud

and a dieing rose

neither pick nor pulled

grown from the seed and into the vines

one day the rose will die as though as the other

the bud will die as though as the others

but i plucked the dieing rose to put it out of its misserary

i plucked the rose bud to put it out of its misserary

and i left the rose for its process has begun

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Closed Walls

those closed walls so tightly pressed to my face
so thin i could hear through to the next room
but not thin enough for me to break free

no windows
nor door
i wonder how i got here
alone and frightend
at one point i once enjoyed

but now as i look at this room no bigger than me why would i
these closed walls must be speaking to me or im delousional
but they told me
once free you must change

change how you think
change how you look at things
change how you love
change how you act

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poem by Martel Alexis
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