Cherokee Rose

You were sitting in silence,

but no one knew,

The demons were fighting inside of you.  

We’re still reeling with emotions from the shock,

Your mind was winding

 like a clock,

Ticking away

 hope as each hand progressed,

the lines you already started we were far than impressed.

You turned to the dark and it held you close, couldn’t you see you were a Cherokee rose?

You relied on each other like a match to a flame,

 You didn’t know,

and it was already too late.

You tried to call out in the night towards the moon,

 but all that

Echoed back

was the sound of your doom.

The trouble you shouldered all by yourself,

Like the bottle of whiskey on the shelf,

It kept dragging you down, like weights sinking to the ocean floor.

You were drowning in pain and could not take anymore,

 Even though you already chose,

Couldn’t you see, just this once, you were a Cherokee Rose?