Red Queen Dethroned

Red Queen Dethroned Piteous, the limpid bloodstained rose stunned by Winter’s violent pose color draining onto hoar frost blade Red Queen, dethroned, to decompose beneath the howl of ice-bound serenade. Conception’s threshold - trembling roots nurturing the hope of fetal shoots huddled from the dismal bite of frost holding against the crush of heartless brutes Knowing spring is not a “Paradise Lost”* ©9/25/2017 *vague reference to - *Paradise Lost by John Milton submitted to – Rhyme Time with 5 – poetry contest sponsor – Laura Loo