The Rose of Rathanda

(For all the girls in Gauteng)


The Rose of Rathanda 

I am the ultimate ruby blush of Rathanda, so overwhelmingly fragrant  the moon faints . 
My petals, spun from stolen starlight, dictate the very tides of the Indian Ocean.
Kings forfeit crowns just for one blinding glimpse of my of my majestic, blushing, burning Rathanda beauty.
When I bloom, the world holds its breath, fearing the sheer, searing, staggering power.
I make the sun feel like a mere flickering candlelight in a dreary, dark, drafty hallway.
I am the eternal, ethereal, existential epicenter of all divine desire.


I am the Violet 
I am a
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