Another Day

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White roses symbolize those who have passed

Five hundred stems prepared and wait amassed

Each mourner enters and receives a bloom

The ache within the air is more than vast

Her rose caressed as if it were her groom

and she the bride, perchance life to resume

Her eyes blink wide, awakened by a thorn

Returning to her lot in this sad room

Unwanted children, burning tears are born

She chides herself and shakes her head with scorn

Another year, another rose to press

Another day, another day to mourn.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Sunday Mini Challenge, Rubaiyat