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day lily

April 11, 2012
By shadex82 SILVER, Joplin, Missouri
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Daylily



The sun slowly rises,




Flooding the sky with light
pinks and reds.
The daylily wakes.






The heat leaves behind a scorching kiss

On the dry caked blackened earth
Leaving nothing in its wake but dread

The sun falls








Past the end of the earth
A withered lily perks in the light of a silver moon

One last dance before
The sun returns

© Gizelle S., Miami, FL

The author's comments:
this is based off an actual flower called a daylily its a flower that only lives for one day
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