Riddle
What is like
Lipstick impression on stained glass?
Beautiful!
But out of place
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What is like
Fresh roses on display?
Enticing!
But desires for it fades as it rots away
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What is it?
Bearing markings of a seed
Buried!
But never grows, instead becomes a coffin
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What is like
A embodied spirit without spirit?
Promising!
But remains instinctively animalistic
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Beauty without brains
Passion without plans
Drive without dreams
Virtue without visions
Originally published on PoemHunter on 2 January 2018.