I would not mind dying <br />If it could be as gentle <br />As magnolia petals drop <br />And turn from milk <br />To bronze to brown <br />In slow increments of shade, <br />But even slower lose their softness; <br />And as they stiffen, <br />Curl inward to themselves.<br /><br />Lillian Susan Thomas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/as-magnolia-petals-drop/
