the rose.

someone gives you a rose.

you keep the rose

till it dries.

you put the rose in a place

so you can see it everyday

it talks to you about a feeling

and so it stays.

months go by

but you still have the rose.

till one day when you realize:

like the rose,

that past is no longer alive.

you toss the rose out .

the memories that will survive,

won't need of a body.

anything with a feeling

needs to be here, right now and

like any rose,

full of life.