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Jasmine


Jasmine 
 
The air was pure with a rich citrus fume 
Walking barefoot upon the lavishing green grass
Everything perfect 
Everything heavenly
 
The Jasmine flowers 
Some so innocent, sweet, and pure
Others captivating and endlessly puzzling
Then there’s the pale with a tint of sparkling blue ones 
They have a elegant aroma that would make everyone in the world enchanted 
 
Everything so bright and wonderful 
Until it’s not 
 
What happens when someone touches a yellow Jasmine flower
Now the once endlessly captivating, enchanting, and amazing flower
Has became so deadly to the point where someone wants to have the flower for themselves
But once they try to reach for their desire 
They become intoxicated and poisoned 
 
The poison and adrenaline rushes to their brain 
They begin to hallucinate 
On what’s real and what was just an illusion
 
Now they wonder, was it worth it? 
Was it worth wanting to sacrifice everything for that flower 
Even though the flower was the best thing that happened to them 
They were so fascinated with the flower 
That they didn’t see the thorns. 
 
Now they have been punctured with the thorns
Sitting in the dried dead grass 
Watching the blood drip down from their hands 
Thinking what have they done
How could they let that happen to them?
 
The once pure air has become a dark vile cloud of despair
The rich citrus fume now meager 
Shards of glass striking into their feet 
They are struggling to breathe 
 
Suddenly they stop everything
They stop struggling to breathe 
Everything is silent 
The darkness drifts away 
Everything has become normal again
 
They no longer see the yellow Jasmine flowers
All they see is a single pale complected with a shade of dazzling diamond blue Jasmine
 
They reach for the flower
Only no thorns.. no blood..no darkness
No impurity 
 
They wonder will this be different
Or will this be the same thing they have experienced before?
 

 

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