in a room with
no windows
wafting
beguiling
scent
drawing little
children
the young
the
innocent

the decadence
seems harmless
the courtiers
ask pardon
nothing 's deemed
evil in this
shadowy
garden

sans the
light
for rainbow hues
their color
there refracts

but none
can see the tragic
cost, nor
the

lilies

*black