A Rose Is Not A Rose

i mistook
a rose,

a wall that
rose,

higher than
the sky

nothing about
redness

or petals, or
stalks

or thorns
but a wall that

rose higher
than the sky

walling, wailing
willing

still to push
through

this dream
rising, rosy
rainy

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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