


Rose Bride

by Balisong



Category: Utena
Genre: Poetry
Language: English
Status: In-Progress
Published: 2003-07-10
Updated: 2003-07-10
Packaged: 2013-05-18 15:38:29
Rating: K
Chapters: 1
Words: 172
Publisher: www.fanfiction.net
Story URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1423718/1/
Author URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/236407/Balisong
Summary: Poem about the Rose Bride...duh...





	Rose Bride

Rose Bride,  
Hide behind your roses,  
Red and white  
And needing your care.  
Water the petals until they unfold,  
And nurture them until you rip  
Them from their stalks to pin on breasts.  
Hide behind the beauty you have lost.  
  
Rose Bride,  
Hide behind your swords,  
Silver and red  
And dulled with your blood.  
Let yourself be lost in the maze of hate  
That has tempered this steel  
Until you find your own reflection in the blade.  
Hide behind the pain that you deserve.  
  
Rose Bride,  
Hide behind your brother,  
Dark and cruel,  
A mask upon a mask for you.  
Keep him content, and feed his lies  
In this theater to convince yourself  
You can love the boy the prince has become.  
Hide behind the love that isn't there.  
  
Rose Bride,  
Hide inside your coffin,  
Deep and gray  
And coldly comforting.  
Ignore the hand that reaches to save you  
As if it were just another false prince  
Come to wake you from your dreams.  
Hide behind the death you have become. 


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