By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 7 June 2000
Four Thorns
with patience and consistency
you tend to me
I cough and shiver and remind you
again & again
that it is just me and my four tiny thorns
against an unfeeling universe
you listen to my bitter complaints
and tell me that
I am the most radiant rose you have ever seen
and oh, I know you can't protect me from it all
but I tremble with true tears
because
you try
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