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poetry · Item 36

A reason to turn the page

I hide inside a flower so you wear me unknowingly—then feel a loneliness when it fades.

Discovery 6 of 15

VII.

WITH A FLOWER.

I hide myself within my flower, That wearing on your breast, You, unsuspecting, wear me too -- And angels know the rest.

I hide myself within my flower, That, fading from your vase, You, unsuspecting, feel for me Almost a loneliness.