The Dead Rose
The lies you spoke, lay bare
The games played, soul wept in tears
Thy outpouring love was denounced,
Whilst the light blew away here.
Tawdry admiration overwhelms me
Knife in the back vanquish'd me
Slayed the fire, then ask why?
O hard treason! O bloody sight!
Especially for you, a Ruby Rose I got
Alas! Lays there lifeless tonight
Shall you know a secret of mine
Thy dull world after you came shone bright.
Ye mighty and despair!
Now nothing beside remains,eound the dead rose
Of that wreck boundless and bare
The lone land stretches far away.
If only you'd realize,
How you dwelled in thy eyes
And how you slayed yourself in your lover's eyes.
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