Manuel

dying beauty


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    Intro

    The whithered rose had grown in a crack in the center of a drive way where it had lived since its birth

    Verse

    one day a child rode his bike back and forth narrowly missing the beautiful rose

    Bridge

    untill one day the child did not miss

    Chorus

    in fact the evil little child aimed right for the beauty that stood before him

    Outro

    destroying its awe and beauty that grow in such harsh condictions

    The Rose in the Cracked Driveway

    The whithered rose had grown in a crack in the center of a drive way where it had lived since its birth . It was not planted by careful hands or protected by a fence . It existed because a single seed had fallen into a thin break in the concrete and decided , against all reason , to survive . Rainwater collected there just enough . Dust gathered . Sunlight reached it in short , fierce bursts . From that narrow space , life insisted on happening .

    The driveway belonged to a quiet house with faded paint and a mailbox that leaned slightly to the left . Cars passed over it every day , their tires rumbling close enough to make the rose tremble . Still , it grew . Its stem bent but did not break . Its leaves curled at the edges but stayed green . Its petals were not perfect , yet their deep red color felt almost defiant against the gray concrete that surrounded them .

    No one had noticed the rose at first . People walked past , eyes on their phones , minds on errands and schedules . The rose did not need attention to exist . It simply needed space , however small , and time .

    One day a child rode his bike back and forth narrowly missing the beautiful rose . The sound of rubber tires against concrete echoed through the driveway , again and again . The child was young , restless , filled with energy that had nowhere to settle . His bike wobbled slightly as he practiced riding without hands , laughing when he nearly lost his balance .

    Each time he passed , the rose shook from the rush of air . The wind from the spinning wheels bent its petals , but they always returned to their place . The child did not notice the rose at first . To him , the driveway was just a path , a space for movement , speed , and noise .

    Over days , the child returned . Back and forth he rode , tracing the same lines in the concrete . The rose became part of the landscape , something small and bright at the edge of his vision . He missed it narrowly each time , the tires rolling just inches away . The rose endured , unaware of how close it came to being erased .

    The rose had no understanding of danger , only of growth . It reached upward whenever the sun appeared . It leaned toward warmth . Its roots pushed deeper into the crack , searching for whatever nourishment they could find . Life , to the rose , was simple . Grow or wither . Hold on or disappear .

    Untill one day the child did not miss . The moment arrived without ceremony . The sky looked no different . The air carried the same quiet hum of the neighborhood . But something had shifted inside the child . Perhaps boredom had turned into curiosity . Perhaps curiosity had turned into something darker .

    He noticed the rose clearly then . He slowed his bike , looking down at it . The red against gray caught his attention . It stood out in a place where nothing else dared to grow . Instead of seeing resilience , the child saw a target .

    In fact the evil little child aimed right for the beauty that stood before him . He adjusted the angle of his handlebars . He pedaled forward with intention . The bike rolled directly toward the rose , no longer missing by chance .

    The rose had no time to respond . There was no warning . One moment it stood , petals open , catching the light . The next , the tire crushed down upon it . The stem snapped . The petals tore . What had taken weeks to grow was destroyed in seconds .

    Destroying its awe and beauty that grow in such harsh condictions . The tire passed over , leaving behind flattened petals and broken leaves pressed into the concrete . The child did not stop immediately . He rode a few feet farther before turning around to look .

    For a moment , there was silence . The rose lay broken , no longer reaching for the sun . The crack in the driveway looked empty again , as if nothing had ever lived there . The child stared , unsure of what he felt . Triumph . Confusion . Or something quieter .

    He dismounted his bike and walked back . Up close , the rose looked smaller than before . Fragile . Its color was dulled by dust and dirt . The child nudged it with the toe of his shoe , watching as a petal fell away .

    He had not expected that . Something twisted in his chest , subtle and unfamiliar . He had aimed for it , yes , but now that it was gone , the space it left behind felt strange .

    The days that followed were different . The child still rode his bike , but the driveway felt wider , emptier . The crack remained , but nothing filled it . Rain fell and disappeared into the concrete . Sunlight touched bare ground .

    The rose , though broken , was not entirely gone . Beneath the surface , its roots remained . They had pushed deep into the crack , holding tight to whatever life they could find . The stem above was destroyed , but the possibility of growth still lingered below .

    The child did not know this . He only knew that something beautiful had been there , and now it was not . He began to think about that moment more than he expected . At night , when the house was quiet , the image returned . The red petals . The sound of the tire . The sudden end .

    He wondered why he had aimed for it . There was no answer that felt right . He had not been angry at the rose . It had done nothing to him . It had simply existed .

    Weeks passed . The driveway cracked a little more as seasons changed . Rain widened the break . Dust settled again . And one morning , something green appeared .

    A small shoot pushed upward from the crack . Fragile . Determined . The rose was trying again .

    This time , the child noticed sooner . He stopped his bike at the edge of the driveway and stared . The memory of destruction was still fresh . He felt something new now . Hesitation .

    He watched the small plant grow over days . It was slower this time . Smaller . But it persisted . Each leaf felt like a quiet refusal to disappear .

    The child began riding carefully around it . He no longer passed close . The space between tire and stem grew wider . He told no one about the rose . It felt like something personal , something earned through regret .

    The rose grew again in harsh condictions . Not as tall . Not as bold . But alive . Its petals eventually returned , slightly paler than before , yet still beautiful .

    The child learned something without words . That destruction is easy . That beauty , once broken , is not guaranteed to return . And that when it does , it deserves protection , not aim .

    The driveway remained cracked . Life remained difficult . But the rose stood once more , a quiet reminder that even when crushed , something fragile can try again .

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