If Only For A Second Glance

Today I saw two lovers lie, as they kissed with lips so pale, drained of all which was once an unbreakable romance. They once swayed beneath the willows, weeping as they parted until dawn. They were so beautiful, long ago. Now lost within an empty paradise, a garden filled with the most radiant florets. They only felt the thorns as they so gently penetrated through. Reaching in, only to redeem a poison known by the breath of lust. Today I saw myself in a shattered reflection. I picked up the shards, and ground them all to dust.