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the roses are dying

my mother bought some roses

three small pots, one yellow, one red, one white

i asked what she planned to do with them and she said she would re-pot them

she hasn’t gotten around to it yet

they’ve been in our house for weeks…

they’ve moved from the table, to the buffet, to the counter

i’ve seen them but haven’t potted them myself, even though i could have

i found myself today looking at the pots of roses- petals wilting and leaves falling off

and i cried

because i should have given them water

my mother should have given them water

i know she didn’t mean it

for them to waste away

just like everything else in our house

in our life

and i went back to my room to slowly rot

dehydrated

begging for sunlight