Never before
Has a flower
Possessed such
Black petals.
Their velvet,
Once supple,
Stings and
Bites my.
Heart like
No other.Yet I’m
Helpless without
Their barbed
Embrace. Perhaps
I’ve gone
Too far
Down, drowning
Myself in
Desire, intoxicating
Myself with
Your flowery
Ruse; black
Petals showering
And engulfing
me.