Black Rose

They call me a black rose, 
braided with stains of sterling;
Riddled with enormous thorns, 
to some a bit menacing;

They call me a black rose, 
dark and threaded with pain; 
Stained with the blood of raindrops, 
a short fuse tipped with lightning;  

They call me a black rose, 
petals laced with shadows;
No one every really sees me;
They just question me, my everything 

They call me a black rose,
a poem in a world done reading;
Punk fluorescent glows, 
a black light for hidden prose.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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February 15, 2021 at 11:44 AM
A pleasure to find your delightful poem published in the 2020 PS Anthology, Melani~
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