Gothic Poetry Collection

"Briar Rose"

There is a sadness in her eyes
Her dead grey eyes
they used to shine so bright
Green like springtime
green like envy

The pain is just beneath the surface
Look past her irises that dazzle you
She is alone and broken
She is miserable

And though she smiles
She isn't happy
It's only a laugh
You make her laugh with your humor
but she isn't smiling
and she isn't happy
anymore...

Heartbroken
not once
but twice
and betrayed countlessly
She sits up in her tower
but she is no princess
She is trapped
Every prince who saved her
Are the ones who also damned her
They damned her back into the flames of her hell

Sleep.
sweet sleep
And Briar Rose
finally dies.