Black Rose

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a midnight desert scene

my head tilted back staring at holes poked into the sky

a red tear drops from the moon crashing to earth

tunneling

to the hidden springs beneath the surface

an iron maiden gathers her children to drink; gain sustenance amidst an abundance of nothingness
they fulfill her wishes and leave behind one single drop on a cactus flower stem

soon a metamorphosis begins unleashing from the prickly plant a beauty from within

first

a bud appears

then an awakening of petals stretching to meet the harvest moon’s rays

fully extended and stuck in prose

life has been given in short to the world’s first

black rose