If you asked for a red rose, I would not be afraid. For you, I would stain it with my own heart’s-blood, My breast against a thorn. I would sing to you under the moonlight: Sing the birth of love, the birth of passion. I would sing until the red rose heard me and trembled with ecstasy. When the sun did shine I would give no answer. For Love is better than Life, And what is the heart of mine compared to the heart of yours.
"The Nightingale and the Rose" by Danielle Puleo, inspired by Oscar Wilde












