Post originally written June 2023.
The beauty in flowers run deep.
The beauty in love runs deeper.
They bud, sprout, bloom then wither away.
Love begins, learns, grows, thrives and sometimes fades away.
Most roses are cut from their natural habitat and placed or grown in a nursery to be selected and given to someone special.
Most loves will catch you off guard and sweep you off your feet by someone who is willing to give you to someone who can take really good care of you until the right one comes along.
Whoever receives the roses, knows that the time they have together will be short.
Some loves know that they are only here for a short while.
Yet, they still give it food, fresh water and clip the stems to prolong their life.
So they still fall in love, operate in love and enjoy this love for as long as they can.
The once closed rose starts to open and bloom beautifully, although it’s fate is imminent.
Love makes you glow and grow differently. Although you can’t help who you fall in love with and some times that love isn’t meant to last forever.
As time passes, leaves and petals start to wither and fall away from the stem.
The growing pains of love start to chip away at what was once so beautiful.
There’s still beauty in the rose despite what it has sacrificed.
The beauty in love are the lessons learned.
The recipient of the selfless rose has been blessed by its beauty.
Love is still beautiful despite the using and abusing that sometimes goes with it.
The rose fell apart slowly and lasted as long as it could.
Lovers try to stick it out but at some point, a separation is inevitable.
The rose is down to the last rose petal.
Love has its last straw. The pain is too much to bear.
The caretaker decides to repay the rose by propagating it and creating a whole new rose bush from the stems of the roses that sacrificed their life for the pleasure of the caretaker.
Even though this one love ended, the beautiful thing about love is that you love, learn and love again. Each time more beautiful than the last.
When I thought of the title “The last Rose Petal”, Teyana Taylor was set to do a tour by the same name and I was listening to a sermon/motivational video on YouTube. The premise of the video was about letting go. So in a roundabout way, this post is a metaphor for letting go and starting over. What you once thought may have been the end, was blessed by a new beginning. Everything you have gone through was only preparation for a bigger and better version of you. Embrace the journey. Your hurt, pain and sacrifice will be the blessing you needed to get you to your heart’s desire. Although deep down inside we know that some things won’t last long, we put time, maybe even too much time, and energy into them. I believe it’s in our nature to try to prolong the inevitable. Our efforts won’t go unnoticed. It speaks to our character and tenacity. It shows that although this thing was only in your life for a season, you took care of it to the best of your ability. – Just My Thoughts
