Richard Schnap’s most recent poem to appear here was Bereft (October 2013).
Heiress
By Richard Schnap
She was a lone rose
Stranded in the wasteland
Of a field of weeds
Her bright red petals
Open to the sun
As she swayed in the wind
But she still had thorns
For those who would dare
To try defile her
For she somehow knew
She was the last survivor
Of a garden now dust