Saturday, March 26, 2016

Sick Rose


You are a cultivated rose; imprisoned
unaware of your hybridity. Or that you’ve lost
your sense
for sharp, painful beauty.

I am a cactus flower; tenuous
in my hard case of thorns. Impatient
for the night. 
in which I bloom.

Beneath the stars I stole for you.

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