thornless beauty
I am a rose without its thorns
naked
and
unsheathed
behooved
on
frothed
icy
cold
stares
and
evolved
into
a
tulip
gentle
and
sweet
and
plucked
me
from
the
garden
and
took
his
hands
and
shed
the
thorns
so
he
could
finally
wrap
his
arms
around
me
with
out
drawing
blood
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