The Blood Rose

A kiss
Like wine flowing over my breast
As your lips touch mine
Releasing petals from my love

I never want to leave you
For more petals are forming
More to share with you
To make room for more growth

Your voice
Like wind through trees beckons me
I am alone in your forest
Searching for the petals I gave you

But I cannot find them
Where are they?
Where is the love I have shared
With you?

I have found petals
But alas they are not mine
Where are my petals?
Where is my love?

What is this?
Are these my petals
Twist'd round this knife
Which digs into this tree?

The tree is bleeding
The petals are withering
They fall around me
Making my blood rose

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