I lay like a discarded rose, down by your feet
Red petals of Love entwined, delicately sweet.
I secretly admired you from near and afar,
You're my reason for being, my shining star.
It's sad you don't see me, although I am here,
And to wither and crumble, is my worst fear.
Now my perfume is fading, under the hot sun
While my petals fall away slowly, one by one.
Sadly we were not lovers, if only for a day,
As the breezes of time sweep me gently away.

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