Blushed Belle Of The Ball

How this courtly rose stands,

Blushed belle of the ball

Through the seasonal war

That pockmarks squamous scabs

And cuts bloodless holes

Into the lusty bloomed spread

Of her clipped seraphim wings.

How the diamond seed of her heart

Is beautifully curious,

And a miracle of proud glories.

How she is bathed

By the bittersweet baptism

Of lashing dagger rain,

Yet her dusk pink spiral dress

Refuses to strip

The occult floral layers

To worship and grovel

Upon gravestone gravel

Or powder burn dirt.

How her unyielding kiss

Of defiant repose

Charmed the magnetic mercury

And knives of grey skies,

And I forget my own sadness

Just to let her peace breathe.