A Blue Rose

• Madison Belbin, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2021

When I thought of the blue rose
Much I marvelled the silent black.
My passion is the black noble
I awoke, flung the aura
On that day, my heart grew splendid,
‘Blue rose’ chuckled I, ‘thing of bluebottle’
Deep into the darkness booting,
‘Blue rose’ I say again, ‘Ah yes, the blue rose.’