If You Need a Friend

please reach within me

i am the rose
you contemplate closely.
between untrimmed branches and leaves,
i stand out like the shiniest star would
in the middle of a night sky

your reach for my stem carelessly
and your thumb bleeds with an aching pulse
to then be brought between your lips,
collecting the salty, metal flavored substance

i watch you walk away without a glimpse back at me
leaving a trace of you splattered across my thorns

oh how i wish how you would've stayed long enough
spread my petals caressing the softness of my soul, savoring my scent
and see the beauty i hold within