Dagger Rose

By myself
~some time ago~
Edited 4~25~10


Water on stone
And hope lies dying
Proof of forever alone
And hope never rising

A soul caught adrift
And destiny clouded
Old wounds bleed afresh
In mystery shrouded

Innocence murdered
Bloodstained be the roses
A silence tethered
A timespace frozen

A dagger's blade felt and not to be seen
Buried to the hilt
Scars the vertebrae between
Fingerprints on the handle bear no sign of guilt


Like Andromeda mourning her chains
Yet loathing the monster in wait
A kingdom's claim
Equals a ruined fate

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