A rose in water

A rose in water
What a beautiful deception
An illusion entangled with love
We give untimely death
To those we care for the most
A rose in water
Can never grow another day
Unnatural partnering
From where it belongs
To where we would have it
How selfish an act
Water
Prolonging the inevitable
There for a sense of hope
To ease Our pain
Only to wither away
Why try to change what is born wild and beautiful?
Why try to change me?
But unlike the rose
I choose to be free...