The Summertime Sadness

A poetic response to "The Sound of the Hollyhocks"

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In the summer during which hollyhocks bloomed,

the flowers witnessed a story

of a young man who once wandered by in gloom:

Born into a wealthy family

Life had always been smooth  

Yet when it came to the purpose of life

He was overwhelmed by confusion and lack of clue.

Then Sandra came into his life

and taught him how to love and care

Until his mother interfered

and tore up the entire affair.

Sandra departed and never reappeared,

her abrupt death in an accident left him in tears.

His mother attempted to mend his broken heart,

only did she not know that 

it's her who shattered his hope

and forced the couple apart.

The young man lived the rest of his days 

in a purposeless way

He gave up his sanity and talked to the flowers in vain

When the despair finally faded and things started to progress

His mother appeared 

and triggered the nightmares he tried to suppress

The flowers became silent after they had explained his death

Because they too, started to wither away 

as summer was taking its last breath