Among the suffocating weeds <br />of this overgrown city I found you. <br />Defiant in your beauty, shielding <br />yourself from the ever emerging <br />hope chokers, repelling those <br />that tried in vain to pull you down. <br />A siren in the shadows luring all <br />with your petal gentle smile. <br /> <br />Each cut strenghened my desire <br />to tame you, each crimson droplet <br />of reject reminded me of the prize. <br />Slowly your sharp shields smoothed; <br />your gestures like a gentle breeze <br />cooled the heated air of suspense. <br /> <br />When finnally we embraced- <br />a stillness fell upon the world outside <br />and there we kissed, two hearts <br />beating in natural nervous unison. <br />Even your thorns retracted just <br />enough to allow yourself the touch <br />of unfelt, unexchanged passion. <br /> <br />Yet even today in the pillowed <br />safety of my arms, your thorns <br />sometimes appear- a reminder of <br />the past, one that can never be erased. <br />And every so often I bleed.<br /><br />Not Long Left<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/beauty-that-binds-thorns-that-defend/
