White roses

Watered by tears

And moonlight

Symbols of death

That was

And life

That will be.

Red roses

Sweet and sinful

A memento

For the dementia

Of Love

And smiling

Lies.

Yellow roses

Inebriating the senses

With illusions

Of hope

For fools

Who still dare

Dream.

Black roses

Spreading the smell of despair

Over the bones

Of the fallen

In the battlefield

Of life.