There will be no roses on my grave
I do not want the red to mark where I lay
No people will mourn my life gone away
All the animals will retreat to the cave

People should cry at this untimely death
But no need to make so many trips
Because I just want to part my lips
And speak all the words that I once kept

There will be no fancy funeral
The coffin will shape who I am
I want them to remember who I was when
I didn't believe the race was so futile

So there will be no roses on my grave
Instead lay down lilacs
So every spring my scent will come back
And it will remind only you to be brave

How silly is the little flower
to think that it has such a large impact
on anyone's life.
It's as if it says
"I know I am just a flower
and it's well past the hour
but you picked me from the rest
so I must be the best.
So when I leave,
don't forget me please."

But it's just a little flower
that was chosen for no other reason
than to bring a little bit of happiness.
Yet the flower still speaks,
"I don't understand what you understand
but I know that I am not anything grand.
But it was me that you chose.
You watered me with the hose
and I have grown to be old
but now everything I feel is cold."

Poor little flower,
how long have you been here?
Shivering and shriviling.
But bless your soul you still speak.
"I know some time has passed
since I saw you last.
But I remember your sad smile
and how you had to sit down for awhile.
Your thin white hair has become flat
and I no longer see you sit where you sat."

That small, old flower,
drooped one last time.
With one last sigh
the flower picker spoke.
"I'm sorry little flower
it is well past my hour
and you're as thin as my hair
that has become so brittle without care.
But don't you worry
he is coming in a hurry
and I will not forget you
if you will forget-me-not, too."

Silver linings are hard to find
A life gets ripped apart like a bad idea
Deadly moments are forever remembered
No time is spent wisely with misery
Endings are sometimes too abrupt
Stairs are hard to climb
Seas are easier to sink into anyways

Emptiness doesn't last
Negative energy will come and go
Disease gets cured
Strive for balance

Heavy fog starts to lift
And there seems to be more light
Pleasure fills the air
People are dancing
Inside my chest my heart truly beats
New blood flows through veins
Endings are new beginnings
Silver linings can be found
Souls are united once more

Even smiles turn into frowns
Necks get tired of holding heads high
Determination has forgotten its goal
Sinking into the sea

Tick tock goes the clock
Reading your watch with a sigh
Under the shade from your hat
Treating others as shadows
Haunting your every waking moment

Hugs are empty
Universal pain of betrayal
Rhythm falters
The leaves shake violently
Still, they cling to the tree, they won't fall

Lightning strikes the ones who know
Interrogating their lives
Ending their words forever
Silence

Kind words now mean nothing
Independence is the only protection
Leave behind your old life
Look at the ruins from lack of truth