She wore no armor, held no sword
though through tangled forests of adversity;
there been many who’d felt her roar
She heard Eden sob behind her
for she was outnumbered ten to one
and a hundred glistening tears of dew begged an archway from the sun
It was her —and her alone— who stood before the gate,
the threshold to a paradise some longed to lay to waste
Thus, in the vortex of a rainbow, she waited
atop her pedestal of stone
for the very resilience of her posture turned toadstool skin to bone
Her eyes burned green for justice, sunlight blazing from her hair,
and never had defiance ever radiated more fiery glares,
she stood before the single rose, which signified the cause
—the want, the need
and all beliefs held in her gravity of law
And as the hulking shadows— came near, chewing cuds with glee
she pried a thorn free from the rose and stung one like a bee
And the rose smiled all the longer— for not being trampled over
While the cows wandered away— in search of friendlier clover
And the priestess of all things green slipped back into her domain
Though the Guardian of the Garden was, from then on, her true name.
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For Krystal...
for being a good mate and leaving such wonderful comments..
amongst other great qualities... WOOT!
Kj
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BREATH TAKING
your tender words flow like silk and caress the heart so softly...you have given life to this beautiful rose and painted a master piece for us all to behold
thank you kindly for sharing your most beautiful words with me
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sweet comments
and so do you 
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loveliness. I think this very much fits Krystal and wonderfully so (creative again, i'm jealous.. i can't even put two thoughts together right now). I also call her tesoro... for treasure. because she is.
Thank you for writing/sharing this.
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~humbled~
ok ...
attempt number 3 at trying to find the words to say thank you... and still I can't so ...
thank you...
words are not often written for me,and so I thank you..
for what ever...
just thank you...
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tesoro...
and so Kristy has captured you with just a single word
... how fitting.
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