Roses are dead,

Violets are gone,

Both gave up at break of dawn

Couldn’t last to see the night

Or pretty stars that fill the sky

Couldn’t hold all its weight

Petals fell day after day

Wilted flowers tried to stand

Mighty roots gave up again

Tried to fight, Tried to live

Tried the very best it could

But in the end,

All life must end

No more flowers may exist,

At break of dawn both gave up,

...

(I entered this into a comp but the theme didn’t fit as well as it did here so I’m reposting it under this)

My Hands clutch this cliff

Slipping inch by inch

My palms are growing sweaty

Not much longer l'Il hold on

Yet mans will to live

Won't let me go

Maybe it's the height or fear

That eats inside me

It lingers in my soul

All the same, won't let me go It shows me all my family

All my past and all...

9 seconds

My eyes begin to open

Kneeling on the ground

I try to grasp everything around

8 seconds

You look me up and down

Confusion fills my mind

And it is obvious to tell

7 seconds

They feel no remorse

They told me the conditions

And all the consequences

6 seconds

I begin to plead and reason

Trying to make deals

But they won't move an inch

5 seconds

I hear a little click

My eyes fill up w...

Open skies beckon with something broader

Yet my eyes refuse to open

Maybe it's the fear of what lies behind these shades

Or the obvious truth I know I need to face

Either way, my eyes will have to open

Whether now or ever later

I will never be prepared

For what horrid sights I'll see

Since my eyes refuse to open

At this point, I might just die

From the urge to know what lies behind these eyes

A...

I did what I must

To protect the ones I love

Even if that meant I killed them all

I am not the villan

I saw things in the dark

Scary things

So scary they manipulated my mind

I am not the villan

I use to know how to love

But then they changed my thought

To a point where my thoughts weren't mine

I am not the villain

I tried to run at first sight

But they caught me in their grasp

I was forced...