Looking Closely

Have you ever looked closely at a flower petal? I have. And this is what I wrote about it.

The petal of a flower

easy to devour

Nourishment for the parasites.

Shaped like my heart
smoothly sliced apart

by careless or cruel hands.

Gentle on your lips

Passionate like your kiss

deep dark

and red.

Complicated beauty

understood simply

Exposed but unafraid

on your bed.

Veins

red and thick

with secrets

flowing in blood

too precious

to spill.

Until

You

My blood friend

I'll prick my finger's

end.

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