Valentine 2010: Blood & Roses

[siggster]

The delicate red rose,
symbolic of love,
is protected by a robust thorny stem.
The beauty belies the danger, and
receiving the rose is a lover's treasure.
Oh, but how the tiniest prick of the skin draws blood
(the color matching the beauty of the bud);
a reminder that where there's pain,
there's pleasure.

Rose buds, blood drops