Song of Songs 2:1, 2

"Blood red rose:
What a mysterious display
Of beauty and pain,
Of blood spilt glory,
Of sin split blades
That spiked the rose of heaven
To wooden bark of death.
And the red rose bled,
And there was beauty in pain.

"Light white lily:
What a beautiful display
Of desolation and glory.
Beauty in the pits of the world;
Glory in the midst of thorns
That cannot pluck it asunder
From the ashes of wooden death.
And the red rose to white
And all whithering to life."

-Jon Vowell (c) 2008