I didn’t want any flowers, I only wanted To lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty. How free it is, you have no idea how free–– The peacefulness is so big it dazes you, And it asks nothing, a name tag, a few trinkets. It is what the dead close on, finally; I imagine them Shutting their mouths on it, like a Communion tablet. Sylvia Plath
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Ever since the age of seven, flowers have been one of my favorite things to look at. They are so beautiful and they always seem to make people happy. I decided to write a poem about how I felt about flowers. I wrote about the fact that no one ever has any idea how free it is to be able to walk out into the world and enjoy nature.

The flowers are free from their responsibilities, free from having to work for someone else, free from having to do anything but be themselves. It’s not easy being itself all the time, but it’s worth it.

Source: The Collected Poems

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