Beauty Lost

When you're a semi-double or fully double flowering wild rose, it seems you can afford to lose a petal or two and not look any the worse for wear.  This one looks like the Rugosa Magnifica variety, based on a bit of Googling.
 
The original photograph showed only two colours: a dab of pink and a mass of green.  Not being content to leave nature and well-enough alone, cropping and colour differentiation was called for.  But when that process was finished and the dreamy glow added, the picture (via the fallen petal) seemed to tell a sad story of a family that had lost one of its children to outside influences.  Disconnected and living amongst the harsh and leathery "leaves", the tender "petal" would, without question, eventually lose her essence: happiness, beauty, life, what ever.  While not particularly familiar with the poetic form, it seemed that a haiku could add something to the tale and the image.  The key is the double entendre of the last line.  You can skip that headache by ordering the picture without the verbiage.

For the haiku version, enter the word "haiku" in the note section at checkout.

Beauty Lost Fine Art Photograph Beauty Lost (with haiku) Fine Art Photograph