Furious Rose

"It′s not really poetry, but its pretty," he said
As he raises his voice, she lowers her head
'It makes my heart heavy, you′re lonely, I think
Oh, Rose, you're sad, I suppose."
"Look in her bed and she's bound to be sleeping.
She′s lying there dead. - No, she′s breathing."
Furious Rose, with your opiate eyes,
Your languorous hum, that tone of surprise.
I've heard energy in adversity.
Your smile: the soul of witchery.
You′re not running away,
You're not running - are you?
Lyrically longing, she′s tearing the words from the page
She's fearfully seething
"Bring me your blessings, a prayer or a new pen.
- You don′t know what I need."
"Look in my bed and I'm bound to be sleeping
I'm lying there dead, but I′m breathing.
And I′m barely balancing as it is
And I don't want to drown in my dreams
Bring me wild plums and agrimony
- I bet you don′t even know what that means."
Furious Rose, with your opiate eyes,
Your languorous hum, that tone of surprise.
I've heard energy in adversity.
Your smile: the soul of witchery.
You′re not running away,
You're not running - are you?
Gingerly peering, over his shoulder, removed herself from the room.
She′s terribly freezing, she always knows when to go