A Rose By Another Name

A beautiful rose
hides it's sharpend talons beneath it's beauty
The true identity will remain 
hidden within the lie of it's scarlet petals
Reach out to touch
far away; near
prick your finger
and watch the blood flow out
hold on tighter to something you love
Lacerate and tear away at you
and you watch
as the thick red life drains slowly from your hands
given another chance
you'de try again and again
Deand and one with the earth now
Anew, the trial begins again
and ends as it once did before
What's left is the wilted hopes and dreams of fools

                                        [PaW] 95' [FLaTLiNE]