Unconquerable Death

Seed sown into lustrous, mendacious soil,
Attempted rejection, failure, flourish'.
Sunlight shone. Seasons came and went, winter.
Germination, life, a rose, transient rose,
Handsomely it grew, the colour of life, red.
Winter rancorously came, thorns amassed.
Long nights, dawn arose, the cold never passed.

Most opaque night, will spring ever transpire?
Frozen roots remove feeling, stoic apathy.
New days dawn, the cold soil is unchanging,
Hoping that it withers but unable,
Unable to freeze and perish, warm death
Never encounters it, corrupted form,
Brings a lonely ending, a brutal norm.

Petal after petal turns rigid, dark,
The rose becomes a suppliant to earth,
Thorns brittle, unable to  be nourish'.
Stem weakening - hoping bravely for spring.
Sunlight shines. Seasons come and go, spring.
Winter ending with folly, the last breath.
A rose, transient rose, untimely death.