Forgotten Flower, forgotten love ©
by Trisha Sugarek
Crushed petal, crushed stem
Flattened flower, Trampled love
Dead and dry flower
Crushed love, crushed heart, still
Packed down against the pavement
Crushed flower, crushed stem
Forgotten love, lost
Dried between sun and pavement
pages in a book
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I left the UPS store yesterday and walked to my car. I found this carnation in the parking lot, flattened and dried perfectly, as if saved between the pages of an old book.
What would this single flower tell me if it could talk. Did a girl throw it down while in a lovers’ spat? Did a boy throw it away when the girl didn’t come to meet him? Or did it fall from a grocery store-bought bouquet on Mother’s Day? I stood in the parking lot, gazing down at it, while the world rushed around me. I am officially the crazed old lady, standing on the hot pavement looking down at a dead flower.
(photo by Trish Sugarek)
Inspiration can hit anytime, anywhere. I wrote the Haiku in the car on the way home, and then hurried into the house lest I forget the verse.
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