rose

• a perferct circle- rose
  
  don't disturb the beast, the temperamental
  goat, the snail while he's feeding on the
  rose, stay frozen, compromise what
  i will, i am
  
  bend around the wind, silently
  blown about again, i'm treading so
  soft and lightly, compromising
  my will, i am
  
  i am, i will, so no longer
  will i lay down, play dead, play your doe
  in the headlights, locked down and terrified, your
  deer, in the headlights, shot down and horrified when
  push comes to pull comes to shove comes to step around this
  self-destructive dance that never would've ended till
  i rose, i roared aloud here
  i will, i am
  
  i am, i will, so no longer
  will i lay down, play dead, play this
  knee down, gun-shy, martyr, pitiful
  i rose, i roared, i will, i am