05-23-2011, 12:02 PM
The flowers mature into dust because they are sentient beasts. They're mortal like us. Would it help if I changed it to this: "they mature into dust. They're sentient beasts"? Thanks for the kind words and feedback Billy. The first verse was adapted from a comment I left on someone's facebook status. The next two verses were pretty much me trying to justify the opening one. Make it a poem and not just a statement.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe