Should I shorten this poem? It is already pretty short I promise! Please read!?

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Somewhere in the darkness,
An abandoned flower grows.
A shadow of a beautiful love.
A shadow of a rose.
A lost lover,
He stands above the thorns.
An epitome of emptiness.
This dying rose, he mourns.
He wishes he could burn these thorns,
So that he could hold on,
But after all the petals float away,
The thorns, they still stand strong.
He kneels beside his love.
This rose made him a man.
He digs his fingers into the Earth
And puts the flower in his hands.
He will bring the petals back to life.
He will water it with his tears.
He loves this rose like none other.
He will feed it with his fears.
This rose that you abandoned,
Will grow back not as love, but life.
I will plant it with another lover
And she will be its light.
What I mean is should I cut the last four lines?
 
No, I think it's the perfect length.
I'd divide it up a bit though.

Edit: I still like it as it is. If you take off the last four lines it's a different poem.
 
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