between red flames,
you bloom
a shadow kissed by moonlight,
soft velvet on a whispered breeze.
you do not shout like the scarlet crowd,
nor chase the sun’s fierce gaze
you thrive in silence,
wrapped in the hush of stars.
your petals fold like secrets,
darkness woven with the scent of rain,
each thorn a guardian
of the beauty you wear like a crown.
beneath you, shattered glass
catches the world’s broken light
edges sharp with crimson,
like memories that bleed but don’t fade.
in the fractures,
a thousand tiny suns ignite,
glimmering like whispered dreams
caught between pain and hope.
you are both the wound and the healing,
the silent song sung in twilight,
a delicate rebellion
wild, rare, and endlessly alive.