Nightfall.

They gather around the bonfire like ants around sugar cube,

licking tales from the old man.

This is a culture they have learned to wrap with their regalias,

tuck the feathers into their wares.

Once upon a time

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ears erect as symbols to catch meanings.

Once upon a time, is once upon an unlived season.

Everyone here is fragile with his desire

flowers looking unto the sky for rain.

Once upon a time, there is unity

meaning the unity now is a [ ] that needs to be closed.

Chasm between heaven & earth.

How best can we learn to adopt to each other?

The ants have pave a way for us to remember.

A command & obedience.

The birds teach us to observe trust as we flop in errors.

That to be perfect, we need to recolor our canvas.

Rainbow. Sunlight through. Floral, glorying.

We can be perfect, if we choose to, if we give ourselves to whittling.

Olayioye Paul Bamidele is a writer, a journalist, and a photographer. His works have appeared or forthcoming in Spillword, Lunaris, Daily Trust Newspaper, Artlounge, Afreecan, Ice Floe, Afreecan, Kalahari, LILAC, SprinNG, Readers Boon, Feral, Black Moon, Eboquills, Brittle Paper, IHRAF, Synchronize Chaos Mag, Kissing Dynamite, Kalahari, UNN, Lolwe, Kreative Diadem and elsewhere. He can be contacted on WhatsApp @(+234)8162573107. Gmail: Paulolayioye@gmail.com. He was born on the January 31, 2002. 

Authors Notes: Fragile Rose is a poem that talks about a wartorn community which at a point, they come together to resolve their difference. That is why I described their differences as "chasm between heaven and earth." However, the old man spoke in the italic sentences to correct those misconception. Now this correlate with the theme of community because it has to do with oneness.