Flowers Make You Cry, songet Options

[Thoth]

Flowers Make You Cry

Take 2

A mountain gladiolus, like the sunrise,
held me in her passion years ago.
Her fiery kisses scorched my youthful heartstrings
till I cried.
Eventually I broke and let her go,

I found a lotus lily sadly wilted,
nursed her back to joy with tender play
then lost my soul within her mystic eyes
of north-sea cloud,
and died the day she took her love away.

A silver rose more lucid than the moonlight
remade my heart beneath a desert sky,
she fetched my soul and pointed me to life
beyond tomorrow -
but vanished when I turned to ask her why.

In evening light I see my battered life
on barren ground
with thistledown and nettles scattered round.

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Properties of the symbols;

* Though beautiful, wild glads are poisonous - deadly to the root.
* Lotus flowers intoxicate with a heady addictive essence. (a mind drug)
* The white rose is spiritually pure. ( the flower in S3 is actually an angel)
* Loyal thistledown, beneath the prickles gives comfort and warmth.
* Nettle (a healing herb)provides protection to those hardened to its stings.
Note: Both thistle and nettle are tough and can survive arduous conditions
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take 1
A mountain gladiolus, like the sunrise,
held me in her passion years ago.
Her fiery kisses scorched my tender heartstrings
till I cried.
Eventually I broke and let her go,

I found a Celtic lily lost and wilted,
nursed her back to joy with tender play
then lost my soul within her mystic eyes
of north-sea cloud,
and died the day she took her love away.

A pale rose more lucid than the moonlight
found my heart beneath the desert sky,
she fetched my soul and pointed me to life
beyond tomorrow
but vanished when I turned to ask her why.

In evening light I see my battered life
on barren ground
with thistle down and nettles all around.
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© WW Schwim 24 November 2009

[Thoth]

Hi Bev,

Nice to see you survived the tropical storm in Natal. Sorry the holiday was a tad flooded.

Ah, you picked up on some of the symbols but I fear others passed you by.

Bury the flowers? oh no - far too beautiful and special, each in their own way. Look deeper into the properties and you may find;

• Though beautiful, wild glads are poisonous - right to the root.
• Lotus flowers intoxicate with a heady addictive essence. (a mind drug)
• The white rose is spiritually pure. ( the flower in S3 is actually an angel)
• Faithful thistledown, beneath the prickles gives comfort and warmth.
• Nettle (a healing herb) provides protection to those hardened to its stings.
  Note: Both thistle and nettle are tough and can survive adversity.

Too esoteric perhaps?

Hugz,
Wally