Dimitra Mihalopoulos - Broken Away From

A rose petal rests on
the edge of an ocean.
Unable to resist the waves,
gets pulled
under,
little,
day by day.
On the bottom
of the ocean the petal lays,
buried
by sand,
left
to
decay.

Dimitra Mihalopoulos

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