Petals

Lovingly she lays her hand
Upon a rose fallen within the sand,
Its petals buried beneath the ground
Only the stem and leaves were found;

One petal hidden underneath a stone,
Reflecting a lover that lay all alone
Disquieted dreams plague her in her sleep,
While it burrows beneath the sand and
With the tide will always weep.

The second lay beenath a shell,
Brightly colored and beautiful,
Yet its inside a cold hell-
As it shimmers with translucent tenacity,
Its inside delves into utter insanity-
A curious man brings to the naked ear,
And hears the shallow, screaming ocean inside,
Filled with such desperate fear.

The third is seen within the sky,
Admired by the naked eye;
Held by a seagull's talons within the air,
With goals and fate that become brilliant
And yet tear after failed attempts to fly,
Struggling to get up and become resilient,
Yet the seagull and its companion slowly fall and die.

The last and foremost petal had,
Fallen within the watered sand,
Faced with hardships so strong, yet,
Had buried itself within the land;
And sought forth to carry on.

The young girl watched as this petal dove,
Beneath the earth and valiantly strove,
To create and thrive, to survive within
A decadence laced with malicious sin.

It rose, so great
Yet greater than
The gull's flight, as
It brought itself from beneath the land;

And if this petal could grow,
Into a rose with its proud, red hue,
The girl realized that
She could, too.