The Rose
It is a rose.
On the bush.
It is old.
Its color is fading.
It looks as though it is coated in dust.
I blow on it.
Trying to restore it youth.
Trying to blow away the dust of time.
Instead a petal falls off.
I have brought it closer to death.
I'm a murderer.
I feel guilty inside.
Until I see the new bud.
On a different branch.
On the other side of the bush.
It is pink.
Its color is still beginning.
It is young.
On the bush.
It is a rose.