Rosa Canina

Of Radiance Red fire and blaze, locks of shining scarlet Emerald intrigue, gems of such precocity Soft half-moons upon a perfect helix, temptatious And a helm so bright, so sweet, so tenatious Of Pleasure Anticipation weakening me, I find myself helpless The gates open and the hounds are upon the fox The world peels away and there is nothing to remember All wits lost about me, lost to the slow burn Of Pain And yet this primal heat cannot melt my ferrous hold As I clamor about in this days lap My abysmal core is unwilling, entrenched and stolid It will not be moved behind the furrows of love And so I can offer myself as nothing more than the Rosa Canina The heights of pleasure entangled with the depths of pain Symbolism: According to Victorian Floriology, the Rosa Canina or Dog Rose has the meaning of "pleasure and pain" (felt at the same time).