I see it in my dreams
Blood red petals
Entwined lovingly
I can almost smell the sweet scent
Alluring and seductive
It calls out to me
Mesmerising me
Momentarily I lose control
All I want to do
Is to plunge into its sweetness
And desire
It blossoms, the petals slowly
Caressingly open up
And reveal the core
I stop thinking and pluck it out
But my fingers,
Oh! My fingers which
So reverently wanted to care
And love it
I felt it pierced
Ruthlessly by the thorns
Drawing blood, which
Drop by drop
Drips down on the surface
And like venom, burns a hole
I can see the fumes rising
And suddenly
At this moment I wake up
From my dream
And I see blood on my sheets
Telling me about
Innocence lost forever
I curl up
And cry myself to sleep
Hoping fervently that
The nightmare will go away
And the black hole in my heart
Will fade away