I picked her from the garden of Eden My sweet forbidden rose The petals of her thighs are a gift that only women have known I plucked her from the rose bush and felt a pain in my side A thorn had pierced me deeply and I began to cry I was destined to be connected to the thorn for life When sweet forbidden roses were my true desire I dropped her in the garden of Eden Along with my hopes and dreams Now the wound in my side is my constant reminder Of what could have been