standing tall with her beauty shining

easily broken, dripping in blood

(pricks and pokes from her thorns so harsh)

something so harmful and yet so nice

(everyone trying to take her down)

rose so red and rose so sweet.

rose for everyone's eyes to eat

(beauty fading with their every glance)

thorns so strong and thorns so sharp.

thorns to remind the world of her buried, broken heart

(her sad, sad song)

she stands with pride

she stands with strength

(a beauty with her petals guarded)

so beautiful and delicate

so sharp and protected

a beauty that won't claim to be broken

(pain that i won't feel)

try to touch me.

try to break me.

thorns so sharp,

in hopes that won't break me.