The Burning Rose

'The Burning Rose' is a poem that I wrote for chapter 18 of my fanfic 'Vampire Kiss'. It's a poem that is supposed to be written by Dryden and be basically the most romantic thing I could think of. Before I started writing it, I also gave it an alternate title, 'The Woman I Cannot Have'. Here it is:

The fairytale of my love began with you

With that single rose spell of forever love

With charms and keys of enchantment

Like a white witch, you trapped me

Dangled

Tangled

Strangled

And when you fall, you tumbled like a child in hay

And my heart falls when you keep me at bay

And my soul fills with lifeblood when I hear you say,

“Only when the rose burns”

The fairytale of my love grew for you

With arms and lips I sought to prove

With words and breaths of worship

Like a fallen angel, you reviled me

Rejected

Dejected

Ejected

And when you fall, you tumble like a child in hay

And my heart falls when you keep me at bay

And my soul fills with lifeblood when I hear you say,

“Only when the rose burns”

The fairytale of my love goes on for you

With aching body and broken arms

With apology and borrowed sympathy

Like the blue rose, you sent me along

Depressed

Repressed

Suppressed

And when you fall, you tumble like a child in hay

And my heart falls when you keep me at bay

And my soul fills with lifeblood when I forever say,

“This rose still burns … for you”