ROSE
The red rose�
they say all roses were white
once, before Aphrodite
was bitten by a thorn
and the blood seeped
into the flower
dying it
forever scarlet.
How is it
that pain can make beauty
all the stronger?
Why should a sweet, stunning
romantic rose
still puncture illusions,
cut so deep?
Aphrodite would know
if she weren�t busy
cursing the rose.
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