Dead Rose

She looks at the sad case of what once was a beautiful part of nature.

The once beautiful, silky, velvet feel of the skin is now crushed, worthless, and ugly.

She looks at a picture of herself from the years previous.

She sees a thin, energetic, and athletic figure.

She sees a beautiful and healthy red rose.

She turns her body to face the mirror and sees a different image.

She sees a depressed, angry, unfit alcoholic.

She sees a dead rose.