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Tale Of A Dark Red Rose
Tale Of A Dark Red Rose
Tale Of A Dark Red Rose
Karyn Indursky
August 2012
Once upon a time Princess Butterfly
ran into Prince Henry
at a local floral shop....
He gave her a dark red rose
and scribbled a note
for her velvet eyes to read.
Princess Butterfly thought
he was sweet, romantic, endearing
and sent a pink rose
with a little poem on a napkin back.
Prince Henry sent her
a bouquet of African sunflowers
with a Hallmark card attached
sprayed lightly with cologne.
Princess Butterfly heart began
a rud-a-tap-tap rhythm
of feeling his courtship,
which led her to send him
a picture frame with undying love
etched into the love letter
written upon the back.
Prince Henry began to smirk to himself
since he was secretly stringing her along
to get a booty-call and add a notch to his belt.
Princess Butterfly was young, inexperienced, unsuspecting
and sent a carriage to bring him up to
take her to ball.
Prince Henry showed up looking dang fine
with his tuxedo, those sparkling eyes,
and his tone caressing the skin of her soul.
Princess Butterfly sat next to him in the carriage,
but he wouldn't keep his hands to himself,
let alone his lips.
He kept trying to kiss her rouge lips....
Her swan-like neck...
Put his hand on her thigh....
But the fair princess wasn't used to it,
didn't like the harassment,
and with a swift kick of her high-heel
his butt ended up on the muddy ground.
Prince Jaydon oversaw her in tears,
gripping at the string to her dress
to make sure she wasn't giving free shows
and learned he was selling her poem
to make money for himself.
She took back her book of poetry brimming
with art, love, commitment
and all the dirty money he made off of it.
Princess Butterfly fell into Prince Jaydon's
arms while he fixed her dress,
calmed her emotions,
helped get her heels back on,
and escorted her to the ball.
Princess Butterfly and Prince Jaydon
were a hit with their embracing personalities
lighting up the room and mingling others to
dance to the beats of poetry's bind.
