we all were roses

green leaves trembling in the wind, flashing
pink, yellow, and thorns, smiling
at how resilient
we had become, roots entwined
with the fate of those rocks, our lumps
of enduring granite, we knew
we belonged there, flashing
pink, yellow, and thorns, smiling
with sea spraying and sun
sparkling in our eyes, on our shells
and green leaves trembling in the wind, we
all were roses

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