Red rose
So calm
So tranquil
So red
Blood pools at my feet
Red
Red as the sun
Red as the rose
Thorns prick
Thorns sting
Drops of blood are left
On the little knives
Simply called thorns
Roses symbolize love
Red symbolizes darkness
Is love dark?
Or is there darkness in love?
Red symbolizes darkness
Is love dark?
Or is their darkness in love?
Murderous dreams
Morbid minds
Sweet rose
Sweet love
Sweet love gone dark
Plunged into hell
Drowned
Choked
Dead
Love is no more
Red as a pool of blood
Red as the sun
Red as love
Red as the rose
Red rose
So dangerous
So bold
So red
Red
Red as the rose
Kalen trudged back to his room, his mind and thoughts in a mess. "It's hopeless, what if she died in the Chamber? Then our love would be worthless."
The Bazhir man opened his door and closed it with a sigh, he walked to his desk took up a piece of parchment and a quill and tried to write a letter.
Midori,
It is only three more years until the dreaded Ordeal, if you're as scared as I, don't be. The gods have a good plan for the next Queenscove and lady knight. I look outside my window and see the sun is shining bright and the grass is finally starting to turn green, the scene is beautiful. Off to the left I see the stables and I remember our ride early in the morning in the winter, some time ago, and how you asked me if I had ever been in love.
I was not so sure then, but I am now. I am completely sure that love has blessed us, as it has many others. Emrys has been assigned to border patrol this spring and Oriana told me that after she is knighted, she would join him. Sheba is well and so is Amyl, so I've heard.
You're turning sixteen this spring aren't you? I remember when you nearly forgot to get a gift this fall for my birthday; it still makes me laugh the way you hurried on about a simple thing I could've done without. Still, it amazes me how much we've changed over the years.
I will always stick by your side this life and the next. Remember that.
Happy early birthday love,
Kalen
Reading the letter over, he smiled. Pleased, he folded it and took a red rose, wet with morning dew, and sealed the letter, rose and all.
Kalen then walked to Midori's rooms and slipped the letter under her door, thinking of an excuse for his lateness when he reached the mess hall.