Love is like a flower

[joesammsington]

I picked up a rose but the petals left
Sorry I'm not sorry
You know there's a song like this by Stars. "Your Ex-Lover is Dead"
I feel like I've read this line before, "Love is like a flower"
You switch audiences and it seems a little forced. I would take the first stanza and keep going.

You hit the nail on the head. The narrator is an ass and is basically saying, yeah I'm sorry, but not really, cause I'm self-centered. You're right, it didn't quite come out easily. At first I envisioned a couple at the twilight of their relationship breaking-up. Both wanting to end it yet having difficulty letting go, remembering how they felt for each other before, but no more. I think I'll heed your advice and redo it. Thanks!

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Fine.  No big deal.  I wasn't trying to be "snarky", not my style.  It was hard for me to separate the "narrator" from the "poem", as the narrator of the poem was the essential spirit of this poem.  
I don't know.  I'm not a good critic.  I just say what I like or dislike about form and content.  That's all I know, and that's not much.

Sorry for misinterpreting your response.