The garden of thorns

bought rose seeds to sow in my garden of imagination bright cheerful blooms popping up ive watered them with my tears fed them fat granules of chicken dung that stink and attracted buzzing flies a few tender shoots pushing through the dirt but the hungry cat mauled it he had vegetarian delight but one small rose plant lived so i dig a deep pit and discovered the soil was thin and miserly under were huge chunks of concrete buried by the builder of my home the rose plant grows on arid soil but i tended it with lavish care My garden of thorns rips my skin tears open my silent heart and punctures my last drop of hope yes the rose has blossomed into painful memories