"Rose Bush"

I fell into a rose bush and a thorn it pricked my heart...

Little difference does this make, I've been bleeding from the start...

I struggle to stand up again, the thorn digs deeper still...

Though very well I know it won't, I feel this wound could kill...

Everytime I move and struggle, red blood shines like a star...

Every thorn that cuts a gash and pricks, reopens an old scar...

Coursing pain like nothing else, many scores of it I feel...

Sometimes I turn and ask, "Is this really real?"