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A Beauty Preserved

A bit of a collaboration with my fellow nightdweller @RichWithey

as her tears of red flow.

Withered petals
of amnesia surround her face
She's the effigy of beauty
distorted by her grace.

Her heart scorched
by the intensity of passion
An obsession that's
turned red into ashen.

Translucent skin
that withers by the riverside
A nameless headstone
where only the roses reside.

She weeps, grieving
longing to hear her name
And for the touch of a lover
she can never reclaim.

Her soul trapped
in this beautiful but dark place
A life taken whilst
wrapped in a lovers embrace.

A forgotten name
her body placed in the river
Her death marked
only by the snakes cold sliver.

Inspired by ? If you guess you get a gold star ;)

sjw

@sjw

Opuss has given me a love of words and writing...

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Comments & Feedback (36)

Diamonds in the sky? Im clueless but it's really good 👍❤❤❤👏

Love that song but I already know so

Love the song but I already know so wont give it away,very good tribute to the song 👏❤😘xx

Lovely write. Can't guess the song though😳❤👏

Great stuff you two. 👏👏 Don't know the song tho! ❤❤

I simply adore this beautiful and captivating piece...to me this write is reminiscent of one of my fave classics..The Lady of Shalott...superb my sweets 👏✨❤🌹👏✨❤🌹👏✨❤🌹👏✨❤🌹👏✨❤🌹👏✨❤🌹👏

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Awesome, but no idea either😓

Is it Nick Cave's Wild Rose?@RichWithey @SJW??

Am I on the right track with Nick Cave?!?@RichWithey @sjw

@patdolan83 thank you for the RP hun 😘

@Jamtots thanks for the RP hun 😘

@katnisseverdeen4 thank you but no that's not it thanks for the RP 😘

@gazplend haha 😉 thanks Gaz 😘xx

@sarahgamal thanks for the RP Sarah glad you like it 😘💐

@leelee101 thanks Lee and for the RP I thought you might know it 😘

@misslittleDHP Awww thanks Kim that's a lovely compliment mwaah for the RP 😘🍸🎁

@RichWithey 😂😂 shhhhh! 😘

@smellyfingers thanks for the RP babe, no idea? 😘

@Stablish oh dear! It is an oldie tho mwaah for the RP 😘

@Fly10 definitely on the right track 😉😘👏

@Fly10 ⭐😘

@crowncottage thank you for the RP 😘💐 and I just noticed you've reached 100 opusses congratulations 👏👏👏🎉🎈

@sjw afraid I don't know very much Nick Cave. 😢 I'll have another read. 👍

Well it must be 'Wild Rose' then!! However, if you don't want to give the game away yet, then delete this comment! Great piece😌😘😘

Thank you, but as you know, the best ones are not mine. I get the reflected glory though, that's fun! 😹😹😹

@sjw @Fly10 it's 'Where The Wild Roses Grow' isn't it? 👍

@leelee101 That's the one my friend 😉😘

@leelee101 @Fly10 yes it is but it's based more on the story behind the song so I guess it was a bit tricky well done Leigh 👏👏👏😘

@Fly10 @sjw ding ding ding! 😂❤

I think you portrayed the story brilliantly 👏👏👏@leelee101 👍😘

@crowncottage I've read yours and I beg to differ, but yeah that is a perk and I do love Toms poems I'm definitely going to have to find the time to go through your posts, I bet there's some buried treasures that I've missed 😘

@Burrfoot thanks for the RP hun 😘

@sjw yeah mine was a lame guess but a lot of people seem to be basing stuff on "diamonds in the sky" lol but I never would have guessed that cause i don't know what that song is! But it was a brilliant write! 👍👍👍😃😃😃❤❤❤👏👏👏

It's very kind of you to say so, I really appreciate it and hope you find something you like. Some of Toms early ones only got a few views. Come home Alexandra is a favourite, it's about his stepdaughter and I think it's very good! ☺😽

@crowncottage thank you I'll keep my eye open for that one 😘

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