Thorn

little thorn on the stem
beautiful, adoring that it is
as it sits next to the rose
how could it not be beautiful
if one lives with the rose

it pricks me on touch
reminding me of mine
when i touch the rose
now I know how beautiful
thorn makes the rose

it shoots from the same
stem that bears the bud
which blooms into rose
there thorns stands beautifully
next to it guarding the rose

Ah what pride, what pride
it does possess in itself
that its straight unlike rose
standing tall and beautiful
yet not suppressing the rose

from the day I saw the rose
I have loved the thorn 
for there is no way a rose
can ever be that beautiful
being in pair - thorn and rose