Roses

May 11, 2018

My gift to you was a rose,

In which I carried by its stem.

Letting all my blood expose

At each part a thorn did not condemn.

Your return was carelessness

To carry the rose by its petals.

I now see; you are heartless

And that you live like the devil.

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