Because A… Rosebud

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because a wounded rosebud
taunts the harvest moon
and a failed moonbeam
limps among the dewdrops
waltzing on the evening grass
my soul
is seared
in the embers
of a brown passion

Written by Tomas M. Maye. Published in the Philippine Graphic on July 8, 1996.

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