005: The Act

[exceptindreams]

"The Act"
William Carlos Williams

There were the roses, in the rain.
Don't cut them, I pleaded.
They won't last, she said.
But they're so beautiful
where they are.
Agh, we were all beautiful once, she said,
and cut them and gave them to me
in my hand.

I don't think this needs any explanation. It's beautiful.