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.