Dead Flowers Stay Longer

Dead Flowers Stay Longer

You left black roses near the sink

Water turned the petals thin

Their scent drifted through empty rooms

Like sorrow stitched beneath my ribs

Rain crawled slow across the glass

Streetlights drowned in silver fog

The floorboards cried beneath my feet

As memories dragged chains behind

I wore your coat for warmth at dawn

Its sleeves still held your fading smoke

My heartbeat felt uneven then

Like shattered glass inside my lungs

Dead flowers stayed beside the bed

Long after every candle died

Their roots wrapped deep around my sleep

Growing through the darker side

The wallpaper began to peel

Thin curls hanging near the stairs

Every room became a grave

Filled with dust and phantom breath

I found your ring beneath the sink

Cold metal hidden near the drain

For one long moment I believed

You stood behind me once again

Outside the garden turned to rot

Black vines twisted through the fence

Dead birds gathered near the gate

Their feathers soaked from endless rain

Still those flowers never fell

Even when the seasons changed

They watched me through another year

Silent witnesses to decay

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