The moment my knee was scrapped 
   haunts seared in the mind 
     fondness forged within its fantastical feast 
  plucked clusters of memories 
     a bouquet in that instance 
 a Queen of Hearts 
   "off with their heads" special
     stems with leaves and thorns 
 what once held the crown 
      destroyed 
        vile 
    anger 
        with a dash of pain 
  sprinkle of hopelessness 
      a verse ocean 
  sky of pink raindrop tears 
     diabolical cruelty 

    Enter the light inside the slashed stem 
 required gauntlet with trials of 
     
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Armour coated the stem 
    protection merged nom de plume 
 valueless, new growth 
    established inside 
       the parched stem 
   movement of molecules 
      from the base 
   travel through the top 
      of the once rose 
 into a pinkish red sunflower 

  Tsunamis, forces of life 
   undeniable, the inner self 
      unable to breathe 
          oxygen, no longer resides 
  galvanised chlorophyll 
      enhances emerald green eyes 
  inside the leaf of the tree 
       perched in the middle of the visage
  catatonic with the realisation 
     of the possibility of adoration 
          inside of the human brain
    seedlings open neural pathways 
        only allowed to heal
   if given permission