a rose by the hour
floral shower
florid stain
the waxy lip
(incarnadine)
blooms for the sweet
and fragant touch
of
that young lily
iced and white
with blushed insides
and forbidden
fruit.
there is a timeless tale
within those pearls
within that smile
of youth
pulchritude
purity.
there is a quintessential
romance
beneath that lust
(that noisome desire)
heart beating and breaking
and pulsating and
suffocating
the light from the room
and the gold from the sun
and the bud
from her mother.
dulcet petal
browned
and grotesque
posioned by
romantic unrest
yet
a rose by the hour
floral shower
florid
stain.