A vibrant violet crown, majestic fibers,
Prominent ovary allows for bearing of
Gently-sweet fruit
Suffering is where the flower got its name, the bittersweet martyrdom of Saints in the name of Holliness
How strangely appropriate that pain and passion be herein so intertwined,
Beauty and death so delicately linked
Scarcely can we tell apart the pain and pleasure that life's vessel holds